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SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



at the State Fair at Poughkeepsie, 1844,* and his fleece weighed 10 lbs 

 of well washed wool. 



No. 2 and 2a, (Mr. Seth Adams's wool,) were from the sheep imported 

 by that gentleman. 



No. 6 was from Grandee, the best ram of Mr. Collins's Rambouillet im- 

 portation. 



It will be observed, first, that the American wool is the finest, and 

 second, its strength is greatest in proportion to its diameter. 



It will jirobably be as well to bring Doct. Emmons's subsequent meas- 

 urements of the wool of other individuals and varieties together at thia 

 place, as to scatter them through the descriptions of the several breeds. 

 It will render a comparison between them more convenient. I would re-, 

 mark that the cuts are copied fi-om those of Doct. Emmons, with tlie 

 etrictest fidelity .t Indeed they are perfectyac similes. 



-' Fi^ire 2 (scale of measurement same as in Fig. 1) exhibits the comparative diameters uf 

 the wool fibre of two premium Saxon sheep exhibited at the State Fair at Utica, 1845, A i 

 is a fibre of wool from the shoulder of the 2d premium sheep (Mr. Church's) ; 2 do. frc ry the 

 ank. B 1, fibre from the shoulder of the first premium sheep (Mr. Crocker's) ; 2 do. flouk. 



" Fig. 3, No. 1. fibre of Bakewell— about the average fineness of this kind of wooi. No. », 

 fibre from Merino ewe belonging to Col. Sherwood, 3 years old (Blakesley sheeji.'l No. 1 

 do. Mr. Bailey's ewe. No. 4 do. Mr. Atwood's. 



Fig. 4. 



. vjg. 4. — ]So. .5, fibre of Mr. Ellis's ewe, fleece weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. No. 6 do. Mr. Net- 

 detoi.'s yearling Merino buck. No. 7 do. a sample from the imported 5 per cent. South 

 American wool, which is seen to be nearly as fine as the best of our flocks. No. 8 do. Col. 



* This is the only time my sheep have ever been shown at a Stpte Fair, and I first made arrangement? 

 Ibr exhibiting, in the expectation of having the privileae of comparing my sheep with the imported Ram 

 bouillets of Mr. Collins. Mr. C, however, declined my invitation to show. I received the first prize o» 

 TMne, and the first and second on ewes. 



t Executed by WUliam Ilowland, of New York, whom I take pleasure in recommending to all wi«htiu tc 

 •btWB wood engravings, as an accurate and most obliging artist. 



