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SHKEP HUSBANDRY. 



The Ivcicester as now bred is not a hardy sheep, and requires good 

 care, extra good shelter, and special attention to keep it in a thriving 

 condition. It can not be called a farmer's sheep, and unless improved, 

 will not become valuable to the American farmer, only as a cross to 

 refine the wool of the Cotswold, by a judicious cross. 



PRIZE WINNING BORDER LEICESTER EWE. 



The Cotswold. "This breed has become so common in America, 

 and has been bred so extensively without fresh importations of new blood 

 that it may well be adopted as a native sheep. Many excellent flocks 

 are now self-sustaining, and under their American nativity lose nothing 

 of their original excellence. 



They were originally very coarse animals, with thick heavy fleece. 



