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tjlear profit of one dollar and fifty cents per head 

 beyond the vahie of his old fleece, or one hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars added to the price of sheep 

 sold at seventy, bringing his profit to two hun- 

 dred and twenty dollars clear of all expense* 

 When his flock consists of seven-eighths breed 

 sheep, his wool will rise to one dollar and twenty- 

 five cents the pound; I sell mine at one dollar 

 and fifty cents. Supposing the fleeces of his 

 €wes and wethers, taken together, to weigh 

 three and a half pounds, his flock will bring 

 him, after deducting all expenses, which I rate 

 at one dollar and fifty cents per head, two dol* 

 lars and seventy-five cents each, exclusive of 

 Iambs; that is, two hundred and seventy-five 

 dollars; which, added to the sheep sold, seventy 

 dollars, makes a clear profit of three hundred 

 and forty-five dollars annually. When his flock 

 are full-bred, he will receive two dollars per 

 pound for his wool, which, at three and a half 

 pounds the fleece,* will give him seven dollars 

 per head, or, deducting the keeping, five and 

 'a half dollars; that is, five hundred and fifty 

 dollars, added to sheep sold, seventy, making 

 an annual profit of six hundred and twenty dol- 

 lars instead of seventy, which his common sheep 



* Mine avei'ageii the last shearing npwavds of five pounds the ewe's fleece. 



