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YOL. III. 



SPRINGFIELD, JUJN'E, 1858. 



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North American Sheep. ""* 



The sheep was not indigenous to any pai't 

 of America, unless the Argali should be con- 

 sidered a sheep; and the only aninial which 

 is indigenous to North America, the quali- 

 ties of whose fleece or covering approximates 

 towards that of the domestic sheep, is a 

 species of goat, which is found, about the 

 country of the Flat Hea^ Indians, among 

 the Rocky Mountains. It is known by the 

 name of the "woolly sheep," and is frequently 

 confounded with the Argali. Capt. Bonne- 

 ville says : — :'/It has white wool like a sheep, 

 mingled with a thin growth of long hair; but 

 it has a short legs, a deep belly, and a beard 

 like a goat. Its horns are about five inches 

 long, slightly curved backwards, black as 

 jet, and ' -autifully polif bed. Its hoofs are 

 of the same color. The flesh is said to have 

 a musty flavor. Its wool alone gives it a re- 

 semblance to the sheep. Some have thought 

 that the fleece miglit be valuable, as it is 

 said to be as fine avS tlic goat of Cashmere; 

 but it is not tu be procured in sufficient 

 quantities. It is not so plentiful as the big- 

 horn, (Argali;) rarely more than two or 

 three being seen at a time. It inhabits 

 cliffs insiimmer, but in winter descends into 

 valleys. This animal is by no means so 

 active as the big-horn; it does not bound 



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BlL. S.r.BAtCER iNCa. 



FAIR DAY. 



B)'ed hij James N. Broicn, of Sangamon 

 County, — now hehtiginc/ to Rohert Morri- 

 son, of Morijan County, — a prenimm 

 animal. 



Fair Day is a light roan, calved Sept. 

 25, 1855; got by imported Young Whitting- 

 ton, (1,165.) 1st dam, Tullpj by Renic, 



j (903;) 2d dam, Beauty, by imported Don 

 \ John, (426;) M dam, Caroline II., by Oold- 

 fineh, (3,909;) 4*11 dam, MilkmaM, by Oli- 

 ver, (2,387;) 6th dam, Spot, by Mohawk, 



I (4,492;) Tth dam. , by imported 



' San Martin, i:!^)'.)'^-,) 8th dam, , 



by Paul Jones, (4,<>(ij ) 9th dam, , 



by Buzzard, (3,253. i 



much, but sits a good - deal upon i^ 

 haunches." _ ., \^'^>ii-^i.^' : .,::^-. 



Hence, in the first Settlement of the 

 United States, the colonists were neee sita- 

 ted to introduce the ilriiestie. sheep, an ■ it is 

 presumed that they brought witli them those 

 kinds of British sheep which were peculiar 

 to those districts from whicli they embarked. 

 These sheep seem to have been bred promis- 

 cuously, so that previous to the importation 

 of the Merinos, they did not fully resemble 

 any one of ihe old British breeds. 



They axe generally long-legged, narrow- 

 chested, flat-sided, and comparatively slow 

 in coming to maturity. They yielded coarse 

 white wool, of a medium length of staple, 

 and the ewe fleeces averajaied not ezceedinsr 

 three pounds. Their principal recommenda- 

 tion consisted in being prolific breeders and 

 good nurses. But they are untractable, and 



impatient of being confined within fences. 

 They have been ero.?sed general!}- v>'ith the 

 Merino or improved British brecdj-, and have 

 ■■ thus disappeared, e.veept in some parts of the 

 Southeni States. 



The only new breed cf ,;hcep which have 

 i been formed out of tlio.?e whicli were import- 

 ed into this Cfinntry by the coloni,*ts, which 

 I have or had aiiythin/r; jiecul'tr in tufir iliar- 

 aeter, are the lottery the ArHii<!ir.)i. ■.^I'tlie 

 i Smith's Island sha-^p. 



I ' THE jCTTEK BllEi:!'/ 



This breed hfas an accidental foruiatiau, 

 i and it shows hcpf readily tLe shetj. is opera- 

 ted upon by -^rious circum^tanoL i, ''>o as tu 

 change its forto and qualities, 

 i The precir/c point where this breed origin- 

 ated seems ' unsettled. Chancellor Living- 

 ^ ston states; that it was ou an island opposite 

 the New "^England coast. Another Writer 

 say,s it wis in Massachusetts, and ia aflg.Q-Ii: 



