FINE WOOL SHEEP HTUSBANDRY. 89 
“Tn 1854 I visited Silesia and made the purchases 
myself. 
“2d. The sheep were bred by Louis Fischer, of 
Wirchenblatt, Silesia, except a few which were bred 
by his near neighbor, Baron Weidebach, who used 
Fischer’s breeders. 
3d. Their origin is Spain. In 1811, Ferdinand Fis- 
cher, the father of Louis Fischer, the present owner of 
the flock, visited Spain himself and purchased one 
hundred of the best ewes he could find of the Infan- 
tado flocks, and four bucks from the Nigretti flock, 
and took them home with him to Silesia, and up 
to the present day they have not been crossed with 
any other flocks or blood, but they have been crossed 
within the families. The mode pursued is to number 
every sheep, and give the same number to all her in- 
crease; an exact record is kept m books, and thus Mr. 
Fischer is enabled to give the pedigree of every sheep 
he owns, running back to 1811, which is positive proof 
of their entire purity of blood. The sheep are perhaps 
not as large as they would beif a little other blood 
were infused; but Mr. Fischer claims that entire pu- 
rity of blood is indispensably necessary to insure uni- 
formity of improvement when crossed on ordinary 
wool grower’s flocks; and such is the general opinion 
of wool growers in Germany, Poland, and Russia, 
which enables Mr. Fischer to sell at high prices as 
many bucks and ewes as he can spare; and as he and 
his father have enjoyed this reputation for so many 
years, I am fully of opinion that he is right. From 
these facts you will observe that my sheep are pure 
Spanish. 
“4th, Medium aged ewes shear from 8 to 11 
pounds; bucks from 12 to 16 pounds; but in regard 
to ewes, it must be borne in mind that they drop thei 
lambs from November to February, which lightens 
the clip somewhat. Ido not wash my sheep. 
