To His EXCELLENCY, Gov. A. S. MARKS: 



The numerous enquiries which I have received, asking 

 for information pertaining to the capabilities of the State 

 for sheep husbandry, have induced me to prepare the 

 following pages. I am indebted to my former clerk, 

 Major H. N. Caldwell, for much valuable aid in the 

 preparation of the volume; also to Dr. W. M. Clark 

 and to B. M. Hord, both of whom have contributed 

 largely to the work. All the Vest American authors, 

 Hays, Stewart and Randall, as well as the best European 

 writers on this subject, have been freely consulted, but 

 the most useful part of the work has been derived from 

 the observation, experience, and practice of our own 

 flock- masters, who have no superiors in this or any 

 other country. Their intelligent management has been 

 recognized and approved in the best sheep growing dis- 

 tricts of Europe, and their experience furnishes a mine 

 of valuable information, which cannot be disregarded 

 with impunity by those entering the business in our 

 State. Trusting that the work may aid in the further- 

 ing of an industry which is both a pleasure and a 

 necessity to civilized man, I have the honor to be, 



Very truly, 



J. B. KILLEBREW. 



February 20, 1880. 



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