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are sold, as being thorough bred; but, the judicious Breeder will buy only from a flock, where he is quite sure of pure blood; and provided he obtains this, without risk of deceit, he is less scrupulous about the Wool being very fine. He is aware, that a thorough bred animal of moderate quality, will produce certain and general improvement whereas, a much finer cross bred ram, may be the means of greatly deteriorating a flock.
With pure males, the progressive improvement of a cross bred flock may be relied on; but with males of crossbred race, there is no certainty, and their offspring, generally revert to the character of their coarse woolled ancestry.
Some Breeders of Sheep are aware of this, but Farmers in
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