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SOUTHERN CULTIYATOR, 
LEICESTER SHEEP. 
I^IOBSTKB EWB. 
provement of agriculture. Of the several varieties, the New Leicester Breed occupi»s the first class- with respect to 
form and the aptitude to fatten readily. The larger Lincolnshire, the Romney Marsh, the Cotswold,. and the im- 
proved Devonshire breeds, have each properties which render their cultivation profitable under particular circum- 
stances. The Irish varieties have not yet generally attained to the perfection at which the others have arrivedL 
LEICESTER BUCK. 
The Long-Wooled Sheep comprehend, first, the pure New Leicester Breed; and, secondly, the varieties more or 
less intermixed with it in blood, of which the principal are : 1st, the larger class of Lincolnshire Sheep ; 2d, the Rom- 
ney Marsh Breed ; 3d, the Cotswold Breed ; 4th, the Devonshire Notts ; 5th, the Long-Wooled Irish varieties. All 
these Sheep are of large size, are destitute of horns in both sexes, and bear long wool, unsuited for preparation by the 
card, but eminently fitted for preparation by the comb, and the manufacture of stuffs termed worsted. They are the 
Idnds of sheep more especially adapted to the plains, and to districta where artificial food can be reared in the neces- 
sary quantity. They have been continually increasing in numbers with the extension of tillage and the general im- 
