THE 



AMEEICAI SHEPHERD 



HISTORY OF THE SHEEP, 



WITH THEIR 



BREEDS, MANAGEMENT, AND DISEASES. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH 



PORTRAITS OF DIFFERENT BREEDS. 

 SHEEP BARNS, ^HEDS, &d. 



WITH AN APPENDIX, 



■MBKtCINO UPWARDS OF TWENTY LETTERS FROM EMINENT WOOL- 



GROWERS AND BHEEF-FATTENERS -^F DIFFERENT STATES, DK- 



TAILIN6 THEIR REBFECTIVE MODES OF MANAGEMENT. 



BY L. A. MORRELL. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER 4 BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 



1863. 



