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Sheep in West Virginia

U.S. Sheep Production 1850, from "A Brief History of the Sheep Industry in the United States," 1921.

The old-time breed of sheep raised in the mountains was small but hardy and adapted to spending its time in the woods.

U.S. Sheep Production 1850

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