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■^as not strictly original, but which would be vtff'- 
important to difFuselthe knowledge of in a country 
where foreign books upon agriculture are difficult 
to obtain. Our newspapers also frequently contaiii 
many useful discoveries, the memor'y of which get 
lost for want of a repository for them. 
I airi, dear sir, &c. j 
ROB. R. LIVINGSTON. 
Ezra L’Hommedieij, Esq,\ \ 
Vice Pres, of the Society. J 
Letter^ containing experiments on the subject of 
Sheepj by the President of the Society. 
Clermont, Ath fune ^ 1806 .^ 
DeaH Sir, 
Having endeavored to convince the Society 
of the advantages that would result from the intro¬ 
duction of Spanish sheep, I think it will be useful 
to lay before them the experiments that I have just 
concluded. My flock consists of 45 sheep—5 full 
bred Spanish sheep, to wit : two rams, two old 
ewes that have lambs, and one ewe lamb of last 
year; 8 three-quarter bred ewes, whose wool is 
nearly as fine as that of the full bred, except that 
which they carry on their thighs, which as on our 
sheep, is not entirely free from hairs ; 13 half-bred 
lambs of last year, four of which have lambs, and 
19 common sheep of a very good stock, all, except 
two of these, are ewes. ^ , 
