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the farmer should be governed by his surroundings which breed 
to keep. There is no cause for antagonism between the combing 
wool growers and the clothing wool growers, as each has a sepa¬ 
rate field amply extensive for all their products. 
The Merinos .—This noble race of sheep is one of the oldest 
races of truly valuable thoroughbred sheep to be found. They 
have been much improved in the last 50 years in their form and 
the amount of wool they produce; this has been done by a ju¬ 
dicious selection and breeding, until they stand unrivaled for the 
production of clothing wool. They produce more wool than any 
other race or breed of sheep from the same food, which should be 
taken into account in deciding what race of sheep to breed. The 
merinos produce more scoured wool now than their ancestors did 
of washed wool when they were imported from Spain. 
The Manchamp Sheep .—This is a new sub-race of the merinos, 
and originated in France, and are known as the silky merino sheep. 
Their wool is particularly adapted to the manufacture of ladies 
lustre dress goods. They were saved during the late war in France 
from destruction by the invading army, by the heroism of the wife 
of the owner of the flock. While all able bodied men including her 
husband, were called to take up arms in defense of their country, 
she by forced drives kept their noble flock of sheep from destruc¬ 
tion, and reached a safe retreat, so that the high expectations that 
have been formed of this sub-race of sheep may yet be realized. 
, CARE AND BREEDING OF SHEEP. 
On the subject of care, but a few short notes can be given at 
this time. The first is that golden rule, “ that whatsoever is worth 
doing at all, is worth doing well.” Wool growing is not the oc¬ 
cupation for the slothful and indolent man. I don’t know what 
agricultural pursuit is the place for such an one. Much of 
the labor in wool growing is lighter than that of grain growing 
and several other branches of agriculture. But whilst “ eternal 
vigilance is the price of liberty,” it is none the less the price of a good 
flock of sheep. The owner’s eye should often be upon them, and 
though they require but little care most of the year, yet they 
will not bear neglect The flock master becomes attached to his 
