. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 376 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. to tihis, by g-etting their feed largely froim that portion of the range which is covered by brus-h, and distributing their droppings all over the pasture, the more open parts of grass land are enriched by what wioiild otherwise have lain wiast- ed in the thickets. The exact origin of the Angora goat is in dispute, but its native home so far as late generations are coincernecl is in the Province of Angora, in Asiatic Turlcey, a iei\\ hiin- dred miles inland from Constantinople. The Turkish gov- ernment pr
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 376 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. to tihis, by g-etting their feed largely froim that portion of the range which is covered by brus-h, and distributing their droppings all over the pasture, the more open parts of grass land are enriched by what wioiild otherwise have lain wiast- ed in the thickets. The exact origin of the Angora goat is in dispute, but its native home so far as late generations are coincernecl is in the Province of Angora, in Asiatic Turlcey, a iei\\ hiin- dred miles inland from Constantinople. The Turkish gov- ernment prohibits the export of any stock from there, and but few :have ifound their way to the Umted States, and none liave been imported froim there for nearly 20 years; however fro-m tHiose that were brought over have descended many excellent flocks, principally in Texas and California, and of late years in many oif the Nortliern States, where they thrive excellently well, especially where there is under- brusih or vsprout-^ on timber land from which the larger mer- chantable growth has been cut off. They are frequently used for clearing the land of scrub groiwth and will do this if confined on a limited area, as tliey then eat the leaves off clean, and bark much of the yomng timber, but in the South ^'liere they are kept for the production of INIoliair and their increase, the flockmasters regard their brush land much as a sheepman does his grass, and do not overstock their goat range for the 'same reasoiu, frequently moving camps. where the size of the range admits, and for this purpose a portable house is useful. I ihave used the one shown here for goat or sheep camp ^ for many 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 Stewart, Henry. Chicago : American Sheep Breeder Press
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