. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. FELTING. 4£ The annexed cats exhibit microscopic views of the fibres of wool from picklock samples of Merino and South Down fleeces. The relative diiFerence of serrations cannot be conveniently delineated in a plate : a marked differenc
. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. FELTING. 4£ The annexed cats exhibit microscopic views of the fibres of wool from picklock samples of Merino and South Down fleeces. The relative diiFerence of serrations cannot be conveniently delineated in a plate : a marked difference, however, will be observed in the construQtion of the lamellae. No. 1, a fibre of Merino* wool as a transparent object; No. 2, the same, as opaque. No. 3, a fibre of South Down 'wool, transparent: No. 4, the same, opaque. MICnOSCOFIC VIEW OF No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. Th6 following observations by Mr. Youatt, whose inde-, fatigable zeal and diligence in the investigation of many particulars embraced in the present chapter, entitles him' to much honor, will conclude the subject:— " There can no longer be a doubt with regard to the general outline of the woolly fibre. It consists of a cen- tral stem or stalk, probably hollow, or at least porous, and possessing-a semitranspalrency not found in the fibre of hair. From this'central stalk there springs at different distances, in different breeds of sheep, a circlet of leave-shaped projec-. 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 Morrell, Luke A. New York : Harper & Brothers
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