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and 17,000 sheep here when I came to the county in the mid ‘40’s. I wonder if there are 1,000 now.” ; Lyne was wondering in the right direction. Rappahannock’s sheep population was listed at 800 in 1972, the most recent farm livestock census made by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Extension Office. That census lists the sheep population, by county, from 1965 to 1972.
Loudoun leads the northern Virginia area counties with 3,300 sheep in 1965 and 2,800 in 1972. Clarke was next, 3,100 in 1965
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