114 FINE WOOL SIEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Live weight. Height. Weight of fleece. 
pounds, inches. ponnds. 
Ram. .escssceeeves 132 29 194 
Ewe. .... ee eee eves 91 23 7 
Ewe... .. ee eee eee 8T 234 64 
EWe.....-- ee eeaee 107 24qhy 8 
EWC. ... ce eeeeeee 89 24 7 
EW... cnc ee ones 98 245 7 
The ram’s fleece was of eleven months’ growth and 
unwashed. The sheep ran between two and three 
weeks between washing and shearing. Their winter 
feed was hay, and each received daily half a pint of 
provender, made up of three parts, by measure, of oats 
and one part of oil-meal. The ram received more. 
I have ewes of the same blood which have produced 
fron 7 to 8 lbs. 4 oz., of well washed wool per head; 
but 1 am unable to state any average, their fleeces not 
having been kept separate from those of my other 
sheep. The ram which I have given measurements 
of in Petri’s tabie, is of this blood. He was bred by 
Mr. Hammond. 
I am informed there are pure Paular sheep in some 
of the western counties of this State which produce 
very heavy fleeces, but I am unable to furnish any 
detailed facts on the subject.* 
The-result of my experience and investigations is 
embodied in the conclusion, that to attain very 
eminent success I would prefer to breed from a single 
* I have by no means attempted to name all the choice pure blood 
flocks, either in this State or Vermont. This was not the object of 
this paper. In the former Ihave mentioned afew of which I happen 
to have personal knowledge. In Vermont I have only spoken of the 
‘flocks which (with the exception of Mr. Saxton’s) I found time to ex- 
amine during a three days’ reconnoissance among the sheep of that 
State, made within a week of the time of reading this paper, for the 
purpose of enabling me to express opinions concerning the present 
qualities of the several varieties on the evidence of my own j udgment. 
