The _Cotswold_ mature young, and the flesh will vary in weight from fifteen to thirty pounds per quarter. The _New Leicester_ is less hardy than the Cotswold, but heavier, weighing from twenty-four to thirty-six pounds per quarter. The _Teeswater sheep_, improved by a cross with the Leicester, is considered valuable. The _Bampton_ is one of the very best grown in England. Fat ewes average twenty pounds per quarter, and wethers from thirty to thirty-five pounds. The _Sussex_, _Hampshire, and Shropshire_ varieties of the Down sheep, are all highly esteemed. The _Leicester_ are very valuable. An ordinary fleece weighs from three to five pounds. Mr. Joseph Beers of New Jersey had one that sheared thirteen pounds at one time, and the live weight of the sheep was 378 pounds. There are _French_, _Silesian_, and _Spanish Merinoes_, much esteemed in Vermont and elsewhere. The average weight of a flock of ewes of French merinoes after shearing was 103 pounds. Their fleeces averaged twelve pounds and eight ounces. The fleece of one buck of the same flock weighed twenty pounds and twelve ounces. [Illustration: The French Merino Ram.] The _Silesian Merinoes_ are smaller, but produce beautiful fleeces. In a flock of nineteen ewes, the average weight of fleece was seven pounds and ten ounces, and that of the buck weighed ten and a half pounds. A large flock of _Spanish Merinoes_ yielded an average of a little over five pounds of well-washed wool. All these varieties are valuable for wool. The wool of the pure Saxony sheep, however, is best. The _Tartar sheep_, called also Shanghae and Broadtail, is a recently-imported breed, of great promise for mutton. Their fleece is a fine silky hair, making fine blankets that will not shrink, but not good for fulled cloths. The ewes are remarkably prolific, producing sometimes five lambs at a time, and often twice a year. One ewe bore seven lambs in one year, all living and being healthy. The flesh is of the highest quality. This may stand at the head of all our sheep as a market animal. The cross of this with our common sheep has proved fine. They need to be further tested in this country. A new kind of sheep has also been imported from Africa, within a few years; a variety unknown to naturalists, but having some points in common with the Tartar sheep. _Diseases of Sheep._--There are several that have been very troublesome, but which experience has enabled us to cure. _Scours_ is often very injurious. A little common soot from the chimney, or pulverized charcoal, is a sure remedy. Mix it with water, not so thick as to make it difficult to swallow, and give a teaspoonful every two hours, and relief will soon be experienced.