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Some Account Of Mr. Bakewell, Of Dishley.
SOME ACCOUNT OF MR . BAKEWELL , OF DISHLEY .
TH ) OBJiRT iiAKEW ELL , the most-successful and celebrated ex-Jj ^ peiimental F . annev ever known in England , was born at Dishley , 211 Leicestershire , about the year 1725 or 6 . His grandfather and father had resided on the same estate since the beginning of the present century ; and his father , who ched about the year 1760 , had always the reputation- of being one of the most ingenious and able farmers , of his neighbourhood .
Mr . B AKEWELL , having conducted the Dishley Farm several years "before the decease of his father , began about 40 j'ears since that course of experiments which has procured' him such extensive fame . lie made " excursions into different parts of England , to inspect the various breeds , aud to ascertain those which , were best adapted to ' Jiis purposes , and the most valuable of their , kinds . His next step
was to select and purchase the best of all the sorts wherever theycould be found ; and this selection , the result of several years experience , was the original stock from which he afterwards propagated his own : - About the year 1760 Mr . BAKEWELL sold his sheep , by private contract , at not more than two or three guineas each . Some time afterwatds he began to let some of his rams , and for a few seasons
received only fifteen shillings and a guinea a-piece for them ; but as the fame of his breed extended itself he advanced his prices ' , and , by the year 1770 ,- was enabled to let some of his rams for the season for 25 guineas . Since that time the prices and credit of his stock have been progressively encreasing ; and , of late years , single rams have been Set for the season for the enormous prices of FOUR HUNDRED GUINEAS and upwards . It is a factwhich has no other former
ex-, ample , that one ram , called the Two Pounder , produced , in one season , the sum of 800 guineas , independent of ewes of Mr . BAKEWELL ' own stock , which , at the same rate , would have made a total , the produce of a single ram—of TWELVE HUNDRED Guineas ! The race'of Dishley Sheep are known by the fineness of their bone and flesh , the lightness of the offal , the disposition to quietness , and
consequently to mature and fatten with less food than other sheep of equal weight and value . Mr . BAKEWELL improved his Black Horses by an attention to the form which is best adapted to their use . His Slaffions have been let for the season for 100 guineas and upwards . About ten years since he exhibited his famous Black Horse to the King and many of the Nobility in the Court-yard at St . James ' s . Ffa
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Some Account Of Mr. Bakewell, Of Dishley.
SOME ACCOUNT OF MR . BAKEWELL , OF DISHLEY .
TH ) OBJiRT iiAKEW ELL , the most-successful and celebrated ex-Jj ^ peiimental F . annev ever known in England , was born at Dishley , 211 Leicestershire , about the year 1725 or 6 . His grandfather and father had resided on the same estate since the beginning of the present century ; and his father , who ched about the year 1760 , had always the reputation- of being one of the most ingenious and able farmers , of his neighbourhood .
Mr . B AKEWELL , having conducted the Dishley Farm several years "before the decease of his father , began about 40 j'ears since that course of experiments which has procured' him such extensive fame . lie made " excursions into different parts of England , to inspect the various breeds , aud to ascertain those which , were best adapted to ' Jiis purposes , and the most valuable of their , kinds . His next step
was to select and purchase the best of all the sorts wherever theycould be found ; and this selection , the result of several years experience , was the original stock from which he afterwards propagated his own : - About the year 1760 Mr . BAKEWELL sold his sheep , by private contract , at not more than two or three guineas each . Some time afterwatds he began to let some of his rams , and for a few seasons
received only fifteen shillings and a guinea a-piece for them ; but as the fame of his breed extended itself he advanced his prices ' , and , by the year 1770 ,- was enabled to let some of his rams for the season for 25 guineas . Since that time the prices and credit of his stock have been progressively encreasing ; and , of late years , single rams have been Set for the season for the enormous prices of FOUR HUNDRED GUINEAS and upwards . It is a factwhich has no other former
ex-, ample , that one ram , called the Two Pounder , produced , in one season , the sum of 800 guineas , independent of ewes of Mr . BAKEWELL ' own stock , which , at the same rate , would have made a total , the produce of a single ram—of TWELVE HUNDRED Guineas ! The race'of Dishley Sheep are known by the fineness of their bone and flesh , the lightness of the offal , the disposition to quietness , and
consequently to mature and fatten with less food than other sheep of equal weight and value . Mr . BAKEWELL improved his Black Horses by an attention to the form which is best adapted to their use . His Slaffions have been let for the season for 100 guineas and upwards . About ten years since he exhibited his famous Black Horse to the King and many of the Nobility in the Court-yard at St . James ' s . Ffa