Rambouillet sheep. The appended tables, drawn from notes 

 furnished by Monsieur Bernardin, the present manager, can 

 be taken as strictly true and correct (notes given by the 

 director himself), and show the gradual improvements of the 

 fleeces from 1794 to 1877 : 



TABLE I. 



TABLE OF OBSERVATIONS MADE AT RAMBOUILLET ON THE 

 SHEEP OF THE MERINO RACE IMPORTED IN FRANCE IN 1786. 



a 22 

 H^ 



O 00 (N I-H O O O 

 00 OO OS CO TjJ t--CO 

 U5 CO CO* CO OS OS O rH 



CO CO i-H CM 



CO CO rH r-H <N rH 



O 1O CO rH i-H 1O 



r^ OS 10 O i 



_Q !> 



00 



OO 



OO CO O 



OS 03 O O 



ooi-H coco <N <N r^ co : : * CN <NO coco o T* <N co 



1-HrHrH rHrHrHrHrH 



Jt--t^ OS !> 00 !> OS t- i-H t* (MOO Wl>. Tt^O COrH 



HO ^? *Q 



11 >-H 



rH _ O rH <N 00 (M -^ OS O 



r tjO) * ' ' W^ QO(N CO(N COCO 



'Rrfl 



COO <NO rHCO i-HCO 



i-HrH >-HrH i-HQ rHQ 



:::|_::=: 



I I I 



o r" 



^ 05 ^09 Tfi oT ^ D2 ^00 



II II II II II 



p^ P^H W PH W PH rH PH H 



daaqg osco ^co ^ r^os 2S ^co Sf^ "* c^ coco 



*K ^ ^ 



CO F^ 00 1- rH OS t- 



rH rH CO "* O CO J^ 



oo oo oo co oo oo GO 



The following facts arise from the first part of the above : 

 i. That the fleeces of rams of any size, which in 1794 only 

 gave an average of 7 Ib. 8 oz., reached in 1838 n Ib. 4 oz., 

 which gives an increase of 3 Ib. 12 oz. in 45 years, or ij oz. 

 annually. 2.. That the fleecing ewes, any age, which were 

 yielding in 1794 7 Ib. if oz., reached in 1838 7 Ib. 12 1-14 oz. 



