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VOLUME XXIX.— No. 8. 
NEW YORK, AUGUST, 1870. 
NEW SERIES— No. 283. 
THE MAPLE-SHADE COTSWOLDS IN 
Our readers will call to mind a picture we 
presented of this flock in October of last year, 
and it would be well for them to refer to that 
number of the Agriculturist. There, they were 
shown as they appeared soon after shearing 
— the wool being perhaps an inch long. Shortly 
after this engraving appeared, the entire flock 
was purchased by one of the proprietors of the 
American Agriculturist, as was previously no- 
ticed. It has had t lie best of care, and being in 
fine condition this spring^ several of the animals 
stood for their likeness to Mr. Forbes, who has 
succeeded in presenting us beautiful and accurate 
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THEIR FLEECES.— Drawn from Life by E 
pictures. The portraits now given show the 
animals just, before shearing, covered with their 
long, silky fleeces, the staple of which varies 
from 10 to 14 inches in length. The change in 
the appearance of the sheep is very striking; 
and the two pictures exhibit the excellencies 
of long-wool mutton sheep very satisfactorily. 
We see in the one the real " Shorthorn carcass " 
— long, deep, broad, compact, with nothing su- 
perfluous, — nothing, which is not either essential 
to the sheep's well-being, or profitable to the 
butcher. In t He other, the one now shown, we 
see the immense fleeces of valuable wool which 
FORBES. — Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
they carry, and the noble lambs which they 
bear, and which arc a source of such great profit 
in the spring. The above pictures wore taken 
late in April, just before the shearing, which 
took place early in May. Such wool, unwash- 
ed, is quoted iu the open market at 40 to 45 cts.; 
and grade Cotswold lambs sell in April and M\y 
for 20 to 25 cts. per pound on their feet, netting 
their breeders often over $10 a head. Now- 
adays certainly no sheep are more profitable, 
or better worthy, cither the attention of the 
breeder of thorough-bred stock, or of the farmer 
who raises mutton and lambs for the market. 
