Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 110
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woolled Sheep, he considers it to have been thereby increased from 25 to 30 pr Cent, in consequence of the additional productiveness of the Land from their manure.
A small flock is now an essential part of every well conducted farming Establishment. The Sheep are kept constantly in Stables, six months of the Year; during which time they are fed on Hay, chopped Straw, turnips &c. It is of great consequence, in order to preserve uniformity of Staple, to keep them in equal and moderate condition throughout the Year. He thinks also, that the value of Wool may be injured, by being shorn, either too early, or too late in the season, but that it is better to incline towards the former, than the latter extreme:
This is a remark well deserving attention. Mr Meyer generally weans 300 Lambs from 300 Ewes, the twins making up for deaths, and other