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the coarse hair, while those of the three quarter blood have a fleece that 

 measures four and a half to six and a half inches long, and is as fine as 

 the pure bloods. We also have a flock of one hundred and fifty lower 

 <a'ade ewes, which we are breeding to our graded bucks. The kids from 

 these will range from three eighths to five eighths blood. The}' show an 

 improvement over the first cross of a graded buck with a common ewe 

 goat. IVe make wethers of all low grade males, and sell their skins at 

 from two and a half to ten dollars each, according to qualit}^, for robes. 

 Their meat is said to be superior to mutton b^^ those who have eaten of it. 



In regard to choosing or selecting tlie common ewes to breed from, 

 those of the finest hair are the best, as their kids are superior to those 

 from others; but the color makes no difference, as the kids all take the 

 color of the buck. We have never had a colored kid, all being white. 



In regard to food — they eat almost any tiling; they prefer the coarser 

 shrubs, leaves, and buds, to finer foods. There is not much danger from 

 dogs, as any grown buck will whip a dog. 



Eespectfully, yours, 



WM. M. LANDEUM. 



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