tor the Premium Pamphlet, now being
prepared by older of the Secretary of the
County Agricultural Society. To the facts
and figures therein, showing the profits of
sheep, we invite the attention of all. The
great hindrance to a similar success with
sheep is, in the first place, a want of farm
ers to lead who understand the care of
sheep; second, higher graded flocks. There
ought to be foimed a County Association
of Farmers for mutual aid in raising the
grade of sheep and for schooling themselves
in the treatment of flocks. We know
many leading farmers owning common
wool Hocks who contend that the'r sheep
are as profitable as any. Were there such
an organization formed we think there
could be no difficult}’ in changing the
minds of such. In the sheep busmess as
in every thing else, the difficulty is to rid
the country of hereditary notions. By
proper means nearly every flock in the
county inav in two or three years, be rais
ed to a very good standard. Frr some
years it will be next to impossible to pur
chase flock* of full merino sheep; but by
the aid es full blooded bucks the some re
sult may be reached in less time at u with
out heavy expense. The difficulty, is that
farmers in some other parts of the country
are gliding through this ccunty and pur
chasing our best sheep at prices which
seem enormous yet cheap 'considering tli«
profits of years to come. , The seeming
profits of sales amount in the 1 mg run to
monstrous losse®, while the buyers virtually
multiply their capital by ten for every
sheep bought. The other day r. very pret
ty flock of 100 head was transferred from
the west part of this County to Green Co,
to be graded to the full merino standard
and then in a few years be a fine fortune
to the fortunate purchasers.
