92 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



1. How many sheep are kept in your town ? 



2. How many fine wooled ? 



3. How many of eacli different breed are there ? 



4. How many sheep have you ? 



5. Of what breed are they y 



6. How many acres do you pasture to sheep ? 



7. How many sheep to the acre do you pasture ? 



8. Do sheep in your opinion improve pasture lands? 



9. What is tlie cost of summering sheep, including pasturing, wash- 

 ing, shearing, tarring, salting, &Cc ? 



10. How are your sheep housed in winter? 



11. How do you feed sheep that arc fattening? 



12. How do you feed your store sheep or ewes? 



13. At what time do you prefer to have your lambs dropped, and the 

 reason why ? 



14. How do you feed lambs for market? 



15. At what age do your lambs go to market? 



1 6. "What is the average value of your ewes ? 



17. What price do your lambs fetch? 



18. AYhat do you estimate the cost of keeping your store sheep or 

 ewes through the winter? 



19. What is the cost of feeding the lambs ? 



20. W^hen do you send your fat sheep to market ? 



21. What gross sum do they average you? 



22. When do you shear your sheep? 



23. AVhat is the average weight of your fleeces ? 



24. How often do you salt your sheep ? 



25. Do you use tar for your sheep and how ? 



26. How much manure do you get from any given number of sheep? 



27. What is the value of it as compared with the common stable 

 manure ? 



28. Have you suffered from any disease among your sheep ? 



29. If so, what is tl»e disease and what is your remedy for each disease ? 



30. What is the amount of damage done to sheep in your town by 

 dogs this year ? 



31. Has the destruction of sheep by dogs prevented sheep raising? 



32. Can you state to Avhat cxtfnt? 



Please state at lengtli any experience of your own which may be of 

 interest. 



J. S. Grennfxl, 



s. h. busiinell, 



Cyrus Knox, 



R. S. Fay, 

 Boston, March 1, 1859. Committee of the Board. 



