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by Youn^ Matchless; and he equallj improved the form, size and 

 constitution. His only deficiency was in yolk, and consequently in dark 

 color, and his get resembled him in that particular. 



" Old Greasy " and " Long Wool," and particularly the latter, made a 

 marked iniprovement in the fleece. They added materially to its 

 yolkiness, and consequently to its dark, external color, without either 

 shortening it or rendering it thinner; and they also added to its fineness 

 and style. They both gave better forms to their progeny than their own, 

 but Old Qreasys get were sometimes deficient in tms particular. Long 

 Wool did not deteriorate the form, particularly in his female get. Old 

 Greasy gave a good, and Long Wool an excellent, constitution to his 

 descendants. 



" Old Wrinkly " rendered the flock more stocky, and wrinkly, and 

 shorter in the legs, head, &c. 



The " Lawrence ram" got large, strong, round carcassed, and well- 

 formed offspring — possessing a remarkable constitution. His get on 

 ewes by Greasy and Long Wool were as dark colored as their dams, and 

 had heavier fleeces. 



" Sweepstakes " has done much to harmonize the diflerent strains of 

 blood and give uniformity to the flock — improving defects where they 

 existed. In the external color of their wool, he, 31 per Cent., and the 

 Thousand Dollar Bam, are about midway between the light and dark 

 colored lines — the point where weight of fleece and bodily development 

 are best combined. 



APPENDIX B — (page 128.) 

 OEIGIN OF THE IMPEOVED PATTLAES. 



The following is a full, and it is believed, accurate account of 

 the crosses of blood contained in some of the principal improved 

 Paular stocks of the jpresent day, with such notices as I could obtain of 

 the leading animals in the establishment of the crossed family : 



In 1844, Judge M. W. C. Wright, of Shoreham, Vermont, bought a 

 ram bred by Mr. Stephen Atwood, and brought by him to the New 

 Tork State Fair, held that year at Poughkeepsie. Mr. Hammond, of 

 Vermont, and myself, were present at the purchase. My recollections 

 of him entirely coincide with those of Judge Wright, and his subsequent 

 owners, Messrs. Elithorp and Eemelee. He did not weigh, with his 

 fleece off, to exceed 100 lbs. " He was," Mr. Elithorp writes me, " a low, 

 short-legged, square-built sheep, short-bodied, short and rather heavy- 

 necked, with a few moderate-sized folds about the neck, and a brace or 

 fold [of pendulous skin] extending from his hind-leg to his flank. He 

 was flat on the back, had a deep chest, and possessed a good constitu- 

 tion." His fleece was fine, glossy, even, highly crimped, thick and " long 

 for an Atwood sheep in those days." It covered his head and belly 

 unusually well, and extended to his hoofs, " making his legs look short 

 and heavy." His yolk was abundant, entirely fluid, and white in color; 

 and his external color was very dark for a sheep unhoused in summer. 



