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by breeders and butchers at liberal prices. The wool has been sold in the 

 Nashville market during the last twelve years for from twenty-five to 

 sixty-five cents per pound, as taken from the sheep, and averaging from 

 six to eight pounds each fleece, and in some individual cases as high as 

 twelve and even fifteen pounds. The wool is strictly combing wool, and 

 is used by manufacturers in making the finest blankets and other articles 

 requiring a long, fine fibre. Samples of this wool I have sent you, which 

 you have seen proper to speak of in terms perhaps above its merits. 



Were an animal painter to group a flock of Leicesters on canvas, the 

 heads would be small and hornless, the ears long, the legs short and 

 small, all clean of wool and usually of a dusky tinge, and occasionally 

 small black spots on them; the neck small, the brisket deep, the body 

 long and round, the back broad, and the hind quarters square. Dressed 

 in their winter suit, the neck is well protected with the Elizabethan ruffle, 

 and their bodies covered with a soft coat of long, wavy, combing wool, 

 which the March winds toss about like billows. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY SHEEP. 



BRED BY EGBERT W. SCOTT, FKANKFORT, KENTUCKY. 



In the communication from Mr. Tom Crutchfield, he 

 speaks of crossing his flock with a buck bred by Mr. Rob- 

 ert W. Scott, of Frankfort, Kentucky, and of the beneficial 

 effects derived from this cross. It occurred to me that this 

 now famous breed merits more attention than it has received 

 from the stock-breeders of Tennessee. I therefore wrote 

 to Mr. Scott to give me a history and description of his 

 flock. In compliance with my request he very kindly for- 

 warded to me the following essay, in which the intelligent 

 breeder will perceive that Mr. Scott has exercised unusual 



