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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



rather as I can add from my own experience that the French Merinos improve here 

 when well kept. * * * Though the wool of the fourth-bred sheep was only sold 

 at 5s. , yet it was worth at least 8s., since it was in most of the fleeces nearly as fine 

 as that of the full-bred sheep. 



The next sheep-shearing at Clermont, of which Livingston gives any 

 record, was in 1809, with the following result given in tabular form : 



All these sheep were shorn unwashed and the wool sold as it came from the sheep's 

 back. The sheep were, however, kept as clean as possible, having been littered all 

 winter and fed from racks. The tags and dirt were taken off before the wool was 

 weighed. 



Sheep weighed in order to ascertain the proportion between the wool and carcass. 



Weight of 



* Proportion of wool to carcass, 1 to 20, 

 t Proportion of wool to carcass, 1 to 10J. 



