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grand-sire, the Atwood ram : lie had a large amonnt of yolk ; it was 

 creamy, and of course his fleece partook of that color in the inside. On 

 the outside it was quite dark." When five years old, says David 

 Cutting, who sheared him that year, he yielded 11 Ibs. 11 oz. of wool. 

 Mr. Stickney, who purchased him of his brother-in-law, Mr. Robinson, in 

 about 1855, and who was familiar with him all his life, informed Judge 

 Wright " that he was very uniform in his weight of fleece, and that its 

 average weight was about 14 Ibs." (unwashed.) 



This ram, in the hands of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Stickney, got an 

 immense number of lambs, which were very strongly marked with his 

 own characteristics. They were generally small, short, and exceedingly 

 compact, with fine, yolky, and for those times, heavy fleeces. They 

 became great favorites, and sold far and near under the name of the 

 " Robinson stock." This was an obvious misnomer, as Mr. Robinson, 

 (a valuable man and intelligent breeder,) was not the founder of either 

 of the three American families which constituted the new family, or the 

 originator of the cross that produced it. Messrs. Robinson and Stickney 

 commenced their original flocks with prime Rich sheep, purchased from a 

 member of that family. In 1845, Mr. Robinson bred 20, and in 1846, 23 

 of his ewes to the Atwood ram, owned by Mr. Elithorp. In the spring 

 of 1848 he bought 80 ewes of Mr. Elithorp, "a majority of which were 

 Atwood and a cross of Atwood and Rich with some Jarvis blood in a 

 small number of them." These are believed to be nearly as many as 

 the other ewes then owned by him ; and he thenceforth bred the flocks 

 together, using first the Elithorp ram, and the Old Robinson ram when 

 he became old enough, with them. The flock at Mr. Robinson's death 

 contained about an equal amount of Paular (Rich) and Infantado 

 (Atwood) blood, and it was very celebrated for its excellence. The 

 Stickney branch of the family contained a larger proportion of the 

 Paular blood. The old Rich flock proper was crossed somewhat with 

 the Atwood blood, as I have mentioned while describing them. 



Mr. Elithorp, from whom I have derived most of the above account 

 of his own and Mr. Robinson's flocks, is, by the common voice of his 

 fellow-citizens, a judicious breeder and excellent judge of sheep. And 

 his candor and integrity are wholly above suspicion. 



APPENDIX C (page 242.) 

 ENGLISH EXPEEIMENTS IS FEEDING SHEEP, 



THE following accounts of further experiments in feeding sheep are 

 selected from Mr. T. E. Pawlett's already cited Essay on the Manage- 

 ment of Sheep, which received the commendation of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. Mr. Pawlett says: 



"The following experiments were all made with sheep of the 

 Leicester breed; and before I proceed further (that I may not be 

 misunderstood, as some of my statements may appear surprising to 

 those unaccustomed to make experiments and weigh sheep,) I shall 



