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pound. This, allowing one dollar 

 and lifty cenls for the expense of 

 keeping each sheep for a )ear, fell 

 short three cents on eacli fleece of 

 paying for their keeping. 



Eighty-three half-blooded ewes 

 gave upwards of three hundred atid 

 ninety-three pounds ; and forty- 

 seven half-blooded wethers gave 

 upwards of two hundred and thirty- 

 six pounds. 'J'his wool sold for 

 seventy-five cents a pound. Clear 

 profits on the fleece of each ewe 

 two dollars and three cents 5 on 

 the fleece of each wether, two dol- 

 lars and fifty five cents. 



Thirty three fourth-blooded ewes 

 gave upwards of one hundred and 

 fifty-six pounds ; and three wethers 

 of the same blood gave upwaids of 

 sixteen pounds. This wool sold 

 for one dollar and twenty-five cents 

 a pound. Clear profits on the 

 fleece of each ewe four dollars and 

 seventy-five cents ; on the fleece 

 of each wether, two dollars and 

 twenty-five cents. 



Seven full-bred ewes gave up- 

 wards of thirty-six pounds ; and 

 one ram, fourteen months old, gave 

 upwards of nine pounds. This 

 wool sold at two dollars a pound. 

 Clear profits on the fleece of each 

 ewe, eight dollars ai:d seventy- 

 five cents ; on the ram, seventeen 

 dollars and twenty-five cents. This 

 wool was all sold at the above 

 prices, without being washed. 



It has been ascertained that 

 these sheep are as profitable for 

 fattiiig as for their wool, as they 

 become fat with a less quatitity of 

 food, in j^roportion to their bulk, 

 than any other kind. 



Mr. Livingston recommends 



flic engrafting of a Merino stock 

 upon our common ewes, to in- 

 crease the size of the breed ; and 

 in the selection of the ewes to take 

 those which are at least three 

 years old, as large as can be ob- 

 tained of the sort, with the belly 

 large and well covered with wool ; 

 chine and loin broad, breast deep, 

 buttocks full, the eyes lively, the 

 bag hicge and the teats long, with 

 little hair on the hinder parts. 



!Mr. Livinjjston thitdcs the wool 

 of his Merino sheep, which he has 

 raised in this country, finer than 

 that of (hose imported. They will 

 endure the rigour of our winters, 

 and are successfully raised in Swe- 

 den, where the climate is mucli 

 colder than ours. He says, that 

 " like all other sheep, they will be 

 found the better for good keeping ; 

 yet they will not sutler more than 

 others from neglect ; and that they 

 will in every mixed flock be found 

 amongst the most thrifty in the se- 

 verest weather. 



The ram, when put to the ewes, 

 should be better fed than usual. 

 A slice or two of bread, made of 

 Indian corn meal, may be given 

 him by hand two or three times a 

 day. When the ewes are not 

 suckling lambs, they may, at any 

 time, be made to take the ram by 

 feeding them with a little Indian 

 corn. 



After Merino wool has been sort- 

 ed, and is to be manufactured in 

 the family, let it be covered with 

 soft water, mixed with one- third 

 urine, and stand fifteen hours or 

 longer, if the weather be cold. A 

 cauldron is then to be put on the 

 fire with some soft water, and let 



