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yearlings most excellent. Like all the long-wonled breeds, they accumu- 

 late much fat with age. Another point in their favor is that the fleeces 

 are not gummy, and do not shrink, as do the Merinos. A pound of Cots- 

 Mold wool, as it is taken from the sheep, will produce as much clean 

 scoured wool as two and a half pounds of gummy Merino wool. South 



of the Ohio river, Coiswolds are often reported as wintering with little or 

 no feeding, except grazing, unless during more than ordinarily severe 

 winters. East and AVest of the Mississippi, in the latitude of St. Louis 

 and south of it, the same is true, and the statement will hold good with 

 all the more hardy breeds. Yet, even in these genial climates, all 

 sheep must be sheltered from storms, and it is by no means good policy 



