. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. 62 SHEOPSHIEE DOWN SHEEP. during the summer months, which produce â wool of superior quality. They are considered a native breed â are black-faced or brown, or a spotted faced, horned sheep, little subject to either rot or scab â weighing, the wethers from 11 to 14 lbs.,. SHEOPSHIEE EAM. and the ewes from 9 to 11 lbs. per quarter, after being fed with clover and turnips ; and clipping nearly 2 lbs. per fleece, exclusive of the breeching, which may be taken at one-seventh or one-eighth part o
. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. 62 SHEOPSHIEE DOWN SHEEP. during the summer months, which produce â wool of superior quality. They are considered a native breed â are black-faced or brown, or a spotted faced, horned sheep, little subject to either rot or scab â weighing, the wethers from 11 to 14 lbs.,. SHEOPSHIEE EAM. and the ewes from 9 to 11 lbs. per quarter, after being fed with clover and turnips ; and clipping nearly 2 lbs. per fleece, exclusive of the breeching, which may be taken at one-seventh or one-eighth part of the whole.' * * This appears to have been the original stock from which the present breed of Shropshire Downs has sprung. As the county advanced, and the breeds became valuable for their carcasses as well as for their wool, the Morfe Common sheep were crossed with other breeds, but more particularly with the long-wooled Leicesters and Cotswolds, or the short-wooled South Downs. The admixture of such different blood has produced a corresponding variation in the characters of the present breed of Shropshire Downs, and has tended materially to sustain the hesitation which still exists to allow them a place as a distinct breed.* * This was written in 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 Randall, Henry Stephens, 1811-1876. Rochester, N. Y. , D. D. T. Moore; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.
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