YI THE SHEFHEED'S MANUAL. 



under our methods of culture. The results of personal experi- 

 ences of some years with the characters of the various modern 

 breeds of sheep, and the sheep-raising capabilities of many portions 

 of our extensive territory and that of Canada, most of which have 

 been visited with a view to the effects upon our sheep of the va- 

 rying climate and different soils ; and the careful study of the dis- 

 eases to which our sheep are chiefly subject, with those by which 

 they may eventually be afflicted through unforeseen accidents ; as 

 well as the methods of management called for under our circum- 

 stances, were finally gathered into the shape in which they are here 

 presented to the shepherds of America, with the hope that they 

 may be as acceptable and useful to them as they would have 

 been, when he first undertook the care of a flock, to 



THE AUTHOB. 

 NEW YOKE., 1370. 



