S O U 1' n 1> () ^V N K A PnoncHTY of 
Every lov r of .^ood mutton has an affection 
for anythin- that looks like a Southdown Sheep. 
Anion- tisc Southdowns there is can aristocracy 
<.f pedi-rcc, form and excellence, and so we lioii- 
.:>r die name of Jonas "Wobb, of Babraham, Eng- 
! Old, as a benefactor of the race, on .account of 
liie degree of excellence to Avhich his careful 
-ceding brought this favorite mutton breed. 
Tlie Ram above portrayed was sketched by 
mr artist at the New England and Vermont 
Bemis & Son, South Buuke, Vt. 
Taylor of some of his best stock, imported 
10. lilr. T. having secured at Mr. Webb’s 
he very choice ones of the flock. This 
tells wherever it has been scattered, 
where it is used upon common flocks, and 
•adcs show little of the Southdown look. 
1 7 _ c,. 1 n f 1 rnll xr 
-Draionfrom Life and Engraved for the American Agricxamrxsi. 
ast fall, a, .l,a winner of the llrst prize in Innl" 
nss. He is known as “No. 18" ofBenns ^ sllllw^ alw^s commands tl.e 
fs flock; is three years oW 1 gf ^^red hy o g ^ 
In fact, it is rarely found in the common mar- 
kL-tiie sheep being sold to butchers having 
private stalls. In New York good Southdown 
mutton brings a price at retail equa to goo^lbeej. 
Early lambs, half Southdown, meet a quick mar 
^ _lofo in tbs season. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
FOR THE 
GTax-cTexi, and Honsehold. 
‘AUUICULTLKK IS TIIK MOST IIUAI.TUl'H., MOST USI FCL, AM> MOST NOliLE KMIM.OYMKNT 
Oi?* -WAgHINOTON 
ORWCill JL 1 >I> fc CO., 
Funnisiiiiiia anh PuopniETons, 
O/Tlrc, -II I'ark lCo,v, (liuie* BulldlnRS.) 
ESTABLISHED IN 1842, 
Piihli.sUi-d al.so in German at Sl.aU sjl Vear. 
f SI.-50 PER ARRUM, IR ADVARCE 
j SIRGLE RUMBER, 15 CERTS. 
^ 4 Copies for $ 5; 10 for $ la; 20 or more, S1 each. 
Kniec! itff.nl.::, to arA Of Consre-i In March, iv.;, by Ohanok Judd & Co,. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-Tork. 
VO Id/ mi: XXVI— No. 4, 
NIbW-YOlTK, APRIL, 1807. 
NEW SERIES—No. 243. 
