THE SHEEP 



A Sheep-washing. 



The breed of domestic Sheep has been greatly vai'ied and improved by domestication. The varieties of 

 domestic Sheep even in the United States and Great Britain are almost innumerable. The introduction of 

 the Merino breed into this country, which took place more than forty years since, was of immense service 

 to the wool growers. It was followed at a later period by the importation of a superior breed from Saxony. 



which was even preferred 



by many farmers to the 



Merino breed. The raising 



of Sheep has now become, 



in this country, a source 



of national wealth. 



Common Sheep. 



Common Sheep 



A Scotch Bhepherd. 

 ( 1421 



