. Animal husbandry for schools. Livestock. Fig. 75.—The Southdown. Mutton type. the success of Bakewell with the Leicester. Ellman was impressed with the necessity of improving the native sheep to secure a better mutton form and an ease of fattening. He procured the best sheep that he could find and succeeded in creating a superior mutton type. He possessed a very large flock numbering about 1400 head. Jonas Webb of Barbaham, Cambridge, England, was another noted Southdown breeder. He began breeding about 1821 with a selection of sheep from the Ellman flock. Webb purchased the. Please note tha
. Animal husbandry for schools. Livestock. Fig. 75.—The Southdown. Mutton type. the success of Bakewell with the Leicester. Ellman was impressed with the necessity of improving the native sheep to secure a better mutton form and an ease of fattening. He procured the best sheep that he could find and succeeded in creating a superior mutton type. He possessed a very large flock numbering about 1400 head. Jonas Webb of Barbaham, Cambridge, England, was another noted Southdown breeder. He began breeding about 1821 with a selection of sheep from the Ellman flock. Webb purchased the. 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 Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-. New York, The Macmillan company
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