PRIZE MERINO SHEEP. 
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prize merino sheep. I rinos belonging to Messrs. Cullen and George 
The annexed group was taken from life by | W. Capeheart, Esqrs., of Merry Hill, North 
CAMayr, artist, at the exhibition of the Ameri-1 Carolina. To them was awarded a silver cup, 
cafi Institute, at Madison Cottage, in the city of | for the best pen of fine-wooled ewes; and a 
NeV York, October 11th, 1849; delineating Me- 1 diploma, for the second best fine-wooled buck. 
These sheep were bred and forwarded Uy S. 
W. Jewett, Esq., of Vermont, got by his premi¬ 
um buck, Fortune. They are distinguished for 
yielding very heavy fleeces of fine wool; the 
ewes annually yield over five pounds, and the 
rams over ten, of well-cleansed wool. They 
are also noted for being very docile and hardy, 
possessing very strong constitutions, and are able 
to thrive upon very scanty keep. The ewes 
are good nurses, and the lambs are easily reared, 
