to
from 15 to 20,000 dollars annually. He sold one pair, a buck and
ewe at $600. lie also imported from Spain in 1854, ten sheep,
through Mr. Haddock, the American Minister to Portugal ; but not
being such as he wished to keep, he butchered them.
As to the relative value of the different breeds of sheep, Mr.
Jewett's opinion is, that, if the farmer's object is to raise mutton,
as well as wool, the French ]\Ierinos of the first quality are the best ;
but for wool only, the Spanish. He has had an opportunity, not
only for a personal examination of the best flocks in this country
and in Europe, but has examined the published accounts of the
weight of the fleeces of Spanish sheep in both countries, and his
opinion is that they have greatly improvedfor twenty years. He, for
many years and until 184G, devoted his attention exclusively to
Spanish Merinos, purchased from different importers.
In 1846, he commenced breeding French Merino3, and has im-
ported large numbers through John A. Taintcr, Esq., of Hartford,
Conn. He now prefers the French sheep, and gives his T.'hole at-
tention to them. "When his attention was given to the Spanish, ho
had a flock of twelve hundred, — although not always so many —
and raised annually from four to five hundred. &ince he com-
menced with French sheep, his flock has been less ; but he has
raised from them annually more than he has ewes, — many of them
having twins. At the State fair in the fall of 1855, he received
not less than nine premiums on different classes of French sheep.
In the