SHEEP. 



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animals are natives of the northern part of Scotland and of the Shet- 

 land Islands, a locality exposed to severe storms and having a rigorous 



climate, in which they run in herds without any shelter at any season 

 of the year. 



SHEEP. 



Next to the finer breeds of cattle, my experience with sheep has prob- 

 ably afforded me most pleasure and profit. Although sheep keeping 

 is not generally as profitable as breeding the finer classes of cattle, in some 

 localities, yet it might be made more so in hilly or mountainous dis- 

 tricts, such as Vermont, New Hampshire, the higher lands of Virginia, 

 North Carolina and other Southern States. Great attention has 



