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of the ewes to breed on account of the tail interfering with service. 

 A few Tunis sheep from Columbia, South Carolina, were shown in 

 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, some of 

 which J. A. Guilliams of Indiana purchased. Charles Roundtree 



FIG. 289. General McPherson 619, a noted Tunis sire and prize winner. From 

 photograph, by courtesy of the American Sheep Breeder 



of the same state later on visited South Carolina, purchasing ten 

 of the flock of twenty-five head there owned. For many years 

 Mr. Roundtree was the main promoter of this breed. 



The characteristics of Tunis sheep are not well fixed, even with 

 the many years these sheep have been bred in America. The 



