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rrliere. Even in the neighborhood of our large cities, to-day, there are 
more grade Merinos sold for mutton, than of all the mutton breeds, dis- 
tinctively. It is only near our great cities that the breeding and feeding 
©f Cotswold, Leicester, and the Downs, could be made profitable, and 
this has mainly come about through the chauge in wearing apparel. Since 
the fashion came about among both ladies and gentlemen, of wearing 
garments of medium wool, a strong impetus has been given to the breed- 
,jag of the Downs, and long wooled breeds. They are more tender and 
MEADOW Lass ‘~M. American Merino Ewe lire;! in Kansas, winning t’.ie Sweepstakes 
wherever exhibited. 
deli cute hi their constitution, cannot stand extremes of cold and heat, as 
the Merinos ; cannot shift for themselves as well, and for the reason thaj; 
they cannot be kept in large flocks, are only suitable to small farms, in 
thickly settled districts, where good shelter and succulent food may bo 
obtained. Thus the Merinos, and the : r grades and crosses will always he 
found the most profitable in all that great region West and Southwest, 
and in much of the country South, where the flocks to be profitable must 
Dumber from one thousand to many thousands. 
Division of Wools. 
Most persons suppose that the wool of a sheep is uniform in quality. 
Such, however, is not the fact. As showing divisions and quality of wool, 
we give a cut of sheep with divisions accurately numbered, which shows 
points in the pure Merino and Saxon, and where the different qualities of 
