The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-13 00:00:00

IL-SHEEP AND WOOL.

1. TRET.IIUMS FOR /NIFROVINO THE BREED OF SHEEP IN
THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS :•-•-•

1. The Di.trict of Cowal, Argyleshire._

2. The following Parishes in the Counties of Mid-
Lothian, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Peebles, and Dumfries,
Stow, Galashiels, Ettrick, Yarrow, Robei ton, Ashkirk,
iliwick, Mein se, Cavers, Eikdale Muir, Manor, Tweeds-
muir, Lyne and Megget, Innerleithen and
Peebles.

S. The Parishes of Assynt, Tongue, Duriness and
Edderachilles, in the County of Sutherland.
4. Countries of Glengarry, Aberrarf, Stratharrick and
the Parish of Urquhart in Inverness-shire, including the
lands of Aberchalder and Dumnaglass, partly in Nairn-
shire.

B. The Isle of Skye, in Inverness-shire.
6. The District of Foz farshire, called the Braes of
Angus.

Fur the best Pen of 18 Gimmers or Ewes of the !nark
Faced Breed, from sixteen to twenty months old, the pro-
perty of any tenant within the First District, and which
shall be certified at the competition to have been at least
one year in his possession, and to have been, during that
year, grazed on the same kind of pasture with the re-
mainder of the flock of like age—Ten Sovcrzigns.
For the second best Pen, as aforesaid—Seven Sove-

reigns.
For the third best Pea, as aforesaid—Three Sovereigns.

For the best Pen of fifteen Cheviot GimMers, in the
Second District, bred upon moist grassy lands, according
to the division of farms undo by the Pastoral Society of
Selkirkshire—Ten Sovereigns.
For the second best ditto—Five Sovereigns.

For the hest Pen of fifteen Cheviot Gimmers, in
the Second District, bred upon dry heathy lands, according
to the same division—Ten Sovereigns.
For the second beat ditto—Five Sovereigns.

For the best Pen of fifteen Two Year Old Cheviot Ewes,
the property of any grazier within the Third District, and
which shall be certified at a competition to be held at
Lairg, in August or September, 1529, to have been at least
one year in Lis possession—Ten Sovereigns.
For the second best Pen, certified as aforesaid—Five
Sovereigns.
For the third best Pen, certified as aforesaid—Three
Sovereigns.
Reports for the Ist, 2d, and Sd Districts to be lodged by
the 10th December, 1829.
The Premiums will be given by the Society in the
Fourth and Fifth Districts in 1830 and 1832, and
provisionally also for an additional year, if the resi-
dent gentlemen or local associations shall award Pre-
miums in 1629 and 1811. The Society's Premiums
in Skye will be fur Black-Faced Sheep ; and in Glen-
garry, Abertarf, &c. for Cheviot Sheep, in pursuance
of the suggestions of the resident members. Pre-
miums for Black-Faced Sheep will be given by the
So ciety in the Sixth, or Braes of Angus District, in
1830, for the first year of the series.
2. SPAYING SHEEP.

1. To the Owner of Sheep in the counties of Ross, Cro-
marty, or Inverness, who shall, at clipping time 1830,
produce the greatest number of Ewes, not being less than
100, which, as lambs in spring, 1828, have been subjected
to the operation of spaying, and thereafter pastured in like
manner as the other ewes of the same flock and age, until
the period of competition—Twenty Sovereigns, or a piece
of Plate of that value.

2. To the Owner who shall produce the next greatest
number as aforesaid, not less than 50--Fifteen Sovereigns.
3. To the Owner who shall produce the tkird greatest
number, not less than 30—Ten Sovereigns.
Reports, certificates, and affidavits, specifying the vari-
ous particulars in the detailed regulations of compe-
tition, to be lodged at the Society's Hall, on or before
1011► December, 1830.
11I.—WORK HORSES.