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attended to this business : he had every ram, with 

 the lambs got by him the preceding year, in dis- 

 tinct pens, that he might not only examine the ram 

 himself, but also his progeny, before he determined 

 what ewes to draw off for him ; and the conduct is 

 perfectly reasonable: such attention, united with a 

 careful selection of cull lambs, must keep a flock in 

 a state of progressive improvement, proportioned to 

 the accuracy of judgment, eye, and hand of the far- 

 mer who practises it 



