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animals had been kept in more equal condition. The Manager of the Flocks was making his selection of Yearling Rams, which important operation, he seemed to me, to perform in a very superficial manner.
The whole appearance of the flock indicated carelessness, and want of proper System in the Management.
The Gentleman, who accompanied me, a Mr Koelz, who is a wool sorter by profession, & an excellent judge, was quite struck with the mismanagement of this originally beautiful flock, the nest egg, from which the fine Wool of Germany has sprung: & which still preserves the great essential of perfection, purity of blood - but, even purity of blood, is not all powerful. Under bad management, the best bred flock will retrograde.
In the Royal Flocks, the only