State Agricultural Hall, 



Albany, April 16th, 1845. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, a work entitled " The American Shepherd," by 

 L. A. Morrell, of Lake Ridge, Tompkins county, New York, was pre- 

 sented, and the manuscript examined. The Committee have great 

 pleasure in recommending the work to the attention of wool-growers 

 and others interested in the Breeding and Management of Sheep, as one 

 containing a large amount of Practical and Scientific inforaiation on the 

 most important branch of American Agriculture. 



Mr. Morrell has a high reputation as a skilful and successful farmer 

 in everything appertaining to the breeding and improvement of Sheep. 

 The work before us embodies the results of long experience, aided by a 

 thorough research into the practice of the best breeders of Sheep and 

 Wool-growers in Great Britain and the Continent. The work contains 

 letters from some of the most distinguished Wool-growers and Breeders 

 in America, which add much to the value of the work. 



B. P. JOHNSON, President 



LUTHER TUCKER, Rec. Secretary. 



