. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. Yoitng: The Karakul Breed of Sheep 45 browse, getting what they could in a burnt-over and cut-over timber country. They seemed to defy cold weather and snow, always preferring to stay out in the storms and lie around in the snow. The mutton proved to be wonderfully sweet, and the finest I have ever eaten. I am satisfied that the fat-tailed sheep will play a verj^ important role in our sheep husbandry, and if you can get your Karakul crosses introduced it strikes me that the sheepmen will find not only great profit in wool and mu
. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. Yoitng: The Karakul Breed of Sheep 45 browse, getting what they could in a burnt-over and cut-over timber country. They seemed to defy cold weather and snow, always preferring to stay out in the storms and lie around in the snow. The mutton proved to be wonderfully sweet, and the finest I have ever eaten. I am satisfied that the fat-tailed sheep will play a verj^ important role in our sheep husbandry, and if you can get your Karakul crosses introduced it strikes me that the sheepmen will find not only great profit in wool and mutton, but in fur a? well. The introduction of the Karakul sheep into the United States presents many difficulties, chiefly due to the fact that the fanatical. Fig. 9. Full Blood Karakul Bucks; Lowdex ox right belongs to the Large Cl.\ss. Fassit on left belongs to Intermedlate Type. Bokharans resent the exportations of the full-blood Arabi, and few of them have ever been taken out of their country. Most all l)road- tails that are taken out of Bokhara are sold to foreigners as full-blood Karakuls, when in fact they do not contain more than 50 or 75 per cent of Karakul blood, and belong to a type known as Shirazi, Doozboy, and Zigai, and whilst the Russians have attained wonderful success by crossing this class with their native sheep they do not. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Breeders Association; American Genetic Association. [Washington, D. C. :] The Association
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