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fore us, and our flock owners having surmounted the difficulties of changing 

 the native flocks of Tennessee into producers of long wool and mutton, 

 we look forward to profitable production of wool, combined with mutton, 

 in Tennessee, as has long been the case in England, and abundant re- 

 wards to the owners of flocks of fine-wooled sheep in their new homes. 



RAMBOUILLET SHEEP IN FRANCE. 



In a most interesting address delivered 24th of March, 

 1880, in Rochester, New York, by Mr. Markhara, Presi- 

 dent of the New York State Sheep Breeders' and Wool 

 Growers 7 Association, detailing what objects of interest to 

 vsheep-breeders he saw in a trip around the world, I find the 

 following reference to the Rarnbouillet flock of France, 

 which is a translation of thirty -one answers in French to as 

 many questions propounded by Mr. Markham. 



RAMBOUIKLET, February 4th, 1880. 



SIR I have the honor to give you below replies to the thirty-one ques- 

 tions addressed to me in your letter of the 29th of January last. 



1. The Eambouillet flock was established in 1776. 



2 and 3. At the beginning it was composed of forty-two bucks and 

 three hundred and thirty-four ewes. 



4. These animals were taken from ten of the best Spanish sheepfolds, 

 according to the recommendation of the king of Spain himself, and were 

 chosen from among elite subjects. 



5. The weights of the unsheared bucks were approximately 110 to 120 

 pounds. 



6. That of the ewes, also unsheared, was about 72.5 to 88 pounds. 



7. The fleece of the bucks weighed about 8.8 pounds. 



8. That of the ewes was about 7.7. 



9. According to samples which form the collection of the sheepfold, 

 the wool of the bucks had a length of 55 millimetres 9-10 (2.2 inches) ; 

 this measure taken upon the fibre in a state of nature, i. e., not stretched, 



