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of different degrees of blood, that would origin- 

 ate in this flock from sheep sold within the 

 eight years, and to calculate the profits that 

 resulted from the change during its whole pro- 

 gress by the sale of the males and the increased 

 value of the wool. 



Scheme for transmuting a flock of 100 common 

 Ewes and their issue into Merino Sheep, 



This scheme supposes one to commence the 

 establishment of a Merino flock with two Me- 

 rino rams and one hundred common ewes, and 

 that one hundred ewes will annually bring forty 

 ram and forty ewe lambs. The 3d, 4th, 3th, 



