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about, in their pasture. McDufee: Very bad; agreat many of the sheep are unable 
to raise their young, from the fact that they are too poor to give nourishment enough 
a ey life. We have lost twice as many as in any previous winter within my rec- 
ollection. 
FLorips.—Gadsden: Better than cattle, more attention being paid to feeding and 
sheltering them. Jackson: Average; long, severe winter, but dryer than usual.  Lib- 
erty: Better than for ten years. 
ALABAMA.—Limestone: Very poor ; winter the severest ever known. About one-third 
of the early lambs died. Butler: Average; never go into winter-quarters. Marshall: 
Good; subsist through the winter without feed. 
Mississippi.—Jones: Those attended to very good. Attala : Never worse, owing to 
bad winter and lack of feed. . i 
LovIstana.—Tensas : Good; will take care of themselves all winter and get fat. 
Morehouse: Bad; a large majority of the lambs have died. West Feliciana: Poor and 
bad; no attention paid to feeding in winter. Hast Feliciana: Good, so far as cared for. 
Richland: Many have died from exposure and insufficient food. 
Texas.—Barnet : Lean; those fed with corn on stormy days looking somewhat bet- 
ter. Rusk: Very good, as they are very fond of cotton-seed, which appears to agree with 
them. Medina: Sutfered less than cattle, as very short grass andeven weeds will sus- 
tain them. Navarro: Better than cattle, but not more than half the lambs have been 
saved. Williamson: Poor, owing to the scab; much of the wool shed. Kendall: Thin, 
as no winter-quarters are provided. 
ArKANSAS.—Independence : Better cared for than other stock, and though looking 
badly but few have been allowed to perish. Jefferson : Have done well without shel- 
ter—much better than cattle. Jzard: Poor, for want of food and shelter. 
TENNESSEE.—Sumvner : Better than usual, owing to better attention. Gibson: Well, 
thrifty, and strong; less than usual of thawing and freezing, and of cold drizzling 
rains. Wayne: Above average; better cared for than usual. Robertson: Low; dry 
fall, long winter, and without shelter or grain-food. Bedford: Looking badly; many 
have died where flocks are large. Granger: Have not come out, for the reason that we 
raise dogs and not sheep. 
West VirGinia.— Upshur: Average; those that were grained look remarkably 
well. Fayette: Look bad; a long severe winter with a good deal of snow and rain 
has made it very hard on sheep. Boone: Not as good as usual; great loss of lambs. 
Marshall: Worse than for many years. Hancock: Very good. 
Kentucky.—Trimble: The well provided for and sheltered look well; those not 
sheltered and cared for are poor. Nicholas: Better than cattle, owing to the fact that 
there has not been much rain. Rockcastle: Rather bad; severe winter and not much 
shelter. Carroll: Below average; have required more care and food than usual, 
owing to the sleet that covered the grass entirely for several weeks. Generally, in this 
county, the sheep live on the blue grass the whole winter without other food. Graves : 
Doing well, what have escaped the dogs; four dogs to one sheep. 
Missouri.— Adair: Better than usual. Farmers are taking better care of their 
sheep than heretofore. Shelby: Doing well; wintercold but dry. Pemiscot: Average ; 
the few we keep have been housed. Lawrence: Poor; too cold for them without sh el- 
ter. Vernon: Poor and very ragged, owing to the scab. 
ILLiwois.— Grundy : Better than average, on account of the plenty and cheapness of 
corn and oats, and the value of wool. DeKalb: Have wintered well; better provided 
with winter-quarters than formerly. Franklin: Better than usual; dry weather and 
good care. Pike: Good; abundant corn crop. 
INDIANA.—Carroll : Good, where their quarters were good. Scott: Better than usu- 
al; better cared for. Wayne: Looking well; have unusual attention when the price 
is high. Warrick: Good; received more than ordinary attention. Morgan: Ten per 
cent. below average; the winter extremely severe, the hardest I have seen in forty-six 
years. Carroll: Good, where their quarters were good. 
Oun10.—Logan: Geuerally good; cases of neglect of care and feeding the exceptions. 
Champaign : Average; where properly fed, above; cold dry weather does not atiect 
well-fed sheep unfavorably. Hardin: Quite a loss of old and feeble sheep and of lambs. 
Loraine : Fine, where well attended to. 
Micuicsan.—Branch: Never better. Lapeer: Fifteen per cent. above average. Moni- 
calm: Hardly average; snow fell about the Ist of December, ground covered ever 
since, and weather extremely cold. 
WISCONSIN.— Outagamie : Look finely ; always do well when wool brings a good price. 
Monroe: Good, except where scab prevailed. Fond du Lac: Some loss for want of 
care and shelter. Walworth: Fair to good. The clear dry atmosphere has been con- 
ducive to full health and good appetite. Sheep haye done unusually well; have 
consumed much coarse feed, and promise a good clip of wool and crop of lambs. 
MINNESOTA.—Carver: Never better; winter cold, but dry. Sibley: Not good; the 
farmers are not yet prepared with sufficient barns. 
lowa.—Polk: Looking well. Long experience has convinced me that little or no 
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