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making the selection properly, will make a difference of 20 cts. in 

 profits; my standard is five pounds and 'then six. The ultimate ob- 

 ject is profit; without this all talk and knowledge is idle nonsense; 

 this must be kept steadily in view, and economy also; handfulls 

 make bushels, and ounces make pounds. It is not so easy a matter 

 to rear the very best sheep; indeed to do the best, the task is a very 

 difficult one; with such sheep, and pure Merinos, capital would be 

 every year increasing, as well as revenue, unless in the end, they 

 fall totally in value. All events point the other way, now they must 

 sell greatly higher than any other sheep for their wonderful produc- 

 tions; I do not wish to presume to be a prophet, but my firm convic- 

 tion is that the Merinos will mount high. 



Cheviot Sheep. 



I had not forgotten these sheep, but it is only lately that I learnt 

 that there were any Cheviot sheep in the United States; indeed 

 there are but few, and they are held at very high prices, so are all 

 g-ood sheep. The description I gave of what a good sheep ought to 

 be, in the paper speaking of Mr. Sellar's plan, and recommending 

 good sheep, beginning " strength of wethers," " fulness and breadth 

 of chest, strength of loins," &c., was the true picture of the improved 

 Cheviot sheep. If mutton was generally eaten in this country, and 

 brought a good price, these would be most profitable and desirable 

 sheep. These sheep are not a pure and* distinct race, but have been 

 improved for many years to what they now are. They weigh 18 to 

 26 lbs. avoirdupois, per quarter; fleece 4 to 4^ lbs. These sheep 

 feed on the Scotch side of the Cheviot hills; crossed with the pure 

 Merino ram, no doubt would form a very valuable cross; the wool 

 would be increased in weight as well as fineness, and carcass not in- 

 jured. The high price these Cheviots cost makes it necessary to 

 weigh well the result, I mean the final result. 



When a man is prejudiced he is generally very much so, and as 

 these sheep still find favor in the United States, let us see if I com- 

 mitted any error. Rams continue to be imported. It appears from 

 recent advices that Saxony has lost its former fame, and that which 

 answers in all its qualities to " electoral wool," comes now from 

 Prussian Silesia. Kutcheler, Hennersdorf, Gross, Sterilitz and 

 Chrezelitz are the places where the first stock are raised, and to 

 these places rush the wool growers of other countries from great 

 distances at the beginning of every year. The prices for which 

 some of the rams sell is enormous, $1,500 and $2,000 being given 



