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nor changed for another, unless he may be as good 5 

 or better ? 



Q. When a breed of sheep is improved to the ex- 

 tent wished for, how can it be preserved in the same 

 state ? 



A. The flock should be well lodged and fed, and 

 its diseases seasonably cured or prevented, if possi- 

 ble ; proper care should be taken to couple the best 

 rams and ewes, as well for size, quantity and quality 

 of wool, as for good health ; for nothing beneficial can 

 be expected from ewes, and especially from rajtns, 

 which are feeble, and in bad health. 



Q. When a breed of sheep has been improved in 

 one district or country, how can it be extended to 

 bthers? 



A. Rams and even ewes of the improved breed 

 should be procured to establish them in the different 

 districts. 



Q. Is it necessary, that ewes as well as rams should 

 be obtained, to propagate an improved breed, from a 

 distance, or from a foreign country ? 



A. The expense would be greater than if the rams 

 only were procured : it is true, time might be gained 

 thereby, and the perfect breed would be had at the 

 first generation ; but there would be more hazard of 

 the success of the undertaking, than if the rams were 

 procured without the ewes ; because it i's essential that 

 the rams, and even the ewes and their lambs, should 

 find nothing hurtful in the situation, to which they are 

 conducted : on the contrary, by coupling foreign rams 

 with the ewes of the place, there is no risk but of the 



