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Another significant change is that the trend in sheep numbers in Virgnia, which has been downward almost without interruption since 1935, has been reversed Virginia showed a 4 per cent increase during 1949. Sheep numbers in the country as a whole continued to decline, and only a few states showed any increase.
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