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SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



dressing 25 to 29 pounds per quarter. The best yearling ram weighed 

 253 pounds. 



In 1875 Joseph Harris communicated to the American Agriculturist 

 the results of an interesting experiment on feeding Cotswold sheep, 

 showing the gain in one mouth. He weighed the sheep July 16 and 

 again August 16. The figures are given as recorded : 



These 16 rams gained 156 pounds in one month, or 9| 

 The following are the weights of lambs, all Cotswolds: 



pounds each. 



The average weight of these 18 pure-bred Cotswold lambs on July 16 

 was 84 pounds, and on August 16 97| pounds, or an average gain of 

 13f pounds. 



In 1876 A. J. Brown, Jeddo, N. Y., had a Cotswold ram weighing 

 309 pounds that sheared 17 pounds of wool, and A. E. Sweet, of the same 

 place, had three yearling ewes whose weight of carcass and fleece were : 



