46 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



A correspondent from Trumble County makes the following 

 statement : 



" We feed only when the snow is deep ; the balance of the winter 



sheep do well on blue grass. There are no wild grasses in the county. 



" The following are the results with a flock of sixty good sheep : 



59 Cotswold ewes, which cost $8 per head $472.00 



One buck cost $25 . 25.00 



Feed in the winter, 3 tons of hay 24.00 



Pasturage in summer, $1 per head 60.00 



Salt 1.00 



Shearing per head, 10 cents 6.00 



For attending to flock 20.00 



Total cost $60800 



Clip per head, 6 pounds at 30 cents $180.00 



58 lambs, at $4 per head 232.00 



Manure from 60 head of sheep 30.00 



$442.00 

 By deducting the cost of keeping the sheep $136.00 



Leaves $300.00 



The net profit on an investment of $497.00." 



The most eminent breeder in Kentucky of the long-woolled 

 sheep is Mr. Robert W. Scott, of Kentucky, who claims to 

 have created a new permanent race, which bears the 'name 

 of " improved Kentucky." From the published accounts 

 which Mr. Scott has given of his procedure in creating this 

 breed, it appears that the object he had in view was to obtain 

 the form and delicacy of mutton of the Southdown, and the 

 weight and length of fleece of the Cotswold, with the thickness 

 and softness of the merino. His method was the infusion, from 

 time to time, of the blood of each of these races, according to 

 the quality which he desired to have predominate. Although 

 it is not in accordance with the generally recognized princi- 

 ples of zootechny that a permanent race could be thus created, 

 having the best attributes of all its ancestors, as there is con- 

 stant tendency to reversion to the strongest race, Mr. Scott 

 claims that his breed has become permanent, constantly re- 

 producing itself ; that, in 1866, the sheep had become essen- 



