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cd to one of their number, who, after having repeatedlyplunged it, passes it to his neighbour, by whom the wool iscarefully and repeatedly pressed and squeezed with the hand,and the sheep again plunged in every direction. From thesecond person the sheep passes to a third, who attentivelyexamines the fleece, and finishes the operation. It is thendismissed, and a new one takes its place, every sheep passingthrough three hands or more in succession ; the last personbeing the shepherd, or one in whom the owner of the sheephas confidence for skill and attention.

5. After the lambs are removed, the cast-ewes are draftedfrom the flock, and the gimmers brought in to fill their place.If the whole of the ewe-lambs have been kept, such of thegimmers as are ill-shaped, or defective in any of the pointsdeemed essential, are put into the same lot with the cast-ewes,and disposed of along with them, as well as any of the eweswhich are objectionable, whatever may be their age. Theewes are commonly disposed of when from three to four,or from four to five years’ old, or after having had lambs forthree or four years, and are either sold in September, to thosefarmers who keep what is called a jlying stock, or are carriedforward to turnips, and sold very fat about Christmas .

6. The Dishley sheep ai - e never smeared like the smallerbreeds, nor is there any need for this defence against the in-clemency of winter, to sheep that are kept on low grounds,comfortably sheltered, and supplied at all times with abun-dance of food. To destroy vermin, they are bathed, when ne-cessary, with a decoction of tobacco mixed with spirits of tar°r brown spirits, and sometimes with a solution of the subli-mate of mercury.

7. The wethers of this breed, are never kept beyond thea ge of two years and a quarter, or until they are shorn a se-cond time ; and in Berwickshire they are very frequently solda >’ear younger. In both cases, they are put to the earliest andbest pasture after turnips, commonly sown grass of the firstyear,—-almost always dipt in May, and sold off in June. When