. The corn and cattle producing districts of France. BERRI SHEEP, AVITH TROBABLY A LEICESTER CROSS. is obtained by the use of brick pits and heavy weightson the top of the mass. Sheep. The glory of Berri for ages past has been its the time of the Romans up to that of the adoptionof the merino, Berri produced a large part of the wool ofFrance. The arms of Bourges, the capital—azure, threerams argent, with a shepherd and shepherdess as sup-porters—bear witness to the pride with which the BERRI AND SOLOGNE. 295 inhabitants regarded their chief production. Berri still 200,00
. The corn and cattle producing districts of France. BERRI SHEEP, AVITH TROBABLY A LEICESTER CROSS. is obtained by the use of brick pits and heavy weightson the top of the mass. Sheep. The glory of Berri for ages past has been its the time of the Romans up to that of the adoptionof the merino, Berri produced a large part of the wool ofFrance. The arms of Bourges, the capital—azure, threerams argent, with a shepherd and shepherdess as sup-porters—bear witness to the pride with which the BERRI AND SOLOGNE. 295 inhabitants regarded their chief production. Berri still 200,000 sheep yearly to the Paris market, and innumbers nearly equals the rich departments of Aisneand Oise, but falls far below these in the size and valueof the animals; all the country, indeed, north of theLoire can bear heavier sheep than Berri, but none can. t^^- A^wf jf/dir^ ^^^-V:^
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