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prrh, gives a fair idea how inadequately this branch of agricul- 

 ture is represented in this favored district. 



State. County. Number of Sheep in 1870. 



NEW YORK. Whole number in the State 2,181,578. 



Livingston 113,933 I Steuben 145,645 



Ontario 131,485 | Washington 102,045 



OHIO. Whole number in the State 4,928,635 



Jefferson 154,668 ' 



Belmont 162,787 



Carrol 131,069 



Columbiana 131,527 



Coshocton 132,173 



Delaware 110,832 



Guernsey 151,848 



Knox 145,613 



Licking 220,963 



Morrow 118,291 



Muskingum 145,954 



Tuscarawas 128,301 



Harrison 180,189 



PENNSYLVANIA. Whole number in the State 1,794,301 



Green 121,135 | Washington 426,621 



MICHIGAN. Whole number in the State 1,985,906 



Calhoun 102,010 



Jackson 130,289 



Lenawee 112,653 



Livingston 103,527 



Oakland 162,852 



Washtenaw 187,059 



No other county in any State east of the Rocky Mountains con- 

 tains 100,000 sheep. 



Of these sheep a very small portion are of the long-wool breeds, 

 or of a class the most desirable for mutton, yet these more valuable 

 sheep may be kept here with the greatest eass. It is here that are 

 to be found nearly all that there are in the country of the heavy- 

 bodied sheep, yielding the valuable grades of combing wool. 

 The beneficial effect of the rearing and feeding of these classes of 

 sheep upon the system of agriculture is very great, and it is quite 

 within the bounds of probability that the flocks of Cotswold, Lin- 

 coln. Shropshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Southdown, and Lei- 

 cester sheep with their grades that are now kept, will very soon 

 increase in number to a remarkable extent. The most favorable 

 fields for their support are in this district; and it is these breeds 

 of sheep that are best adapted to the higher culture which alone 

 can render farming upon these lands the most profitable. 



THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. 



This includes the ^reat Appalachian chain, which extends from 

 Alabama to New York, and there diverges to form the White 

 Mountains and the highlands of New England. It includes a suc- 

 cession of mountain ranges, table-lands, and elevated valleys, over 

 a thousand miles in length, and averaging from two hundred to 

 three hundred miles in width. Much of this district is still covered 

 with the original forest, or a second growth of timber j but, 



