Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 166
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appear to be more prevalent than with us, nor, in those flocks that are well managed, does the proportion of deaths appear to be much more numerous or, of the increase, much less so, than in our own. In Silesia indeed, & wherever a highly artificial System is introduced, contagious disorders are common, and great losses consequently take place. But, in New South Wales, the system would be far more simple than it is in Saxony. All that I contemplate, as practicable, or even desirable, would be, occasional Shelter from continued rain, from too burning a Sun, & from the frosty nights in Winter: and that the Sheep should be kept in more moderate and equal condition throughout the Year. I am well aware of the various impediments to the effecting this, upon a large scale, but