. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®*te gxeebvv anc> *&p&vi&txtan LJanuary 6, 1906 WRINKLES ON MERINOS. Pl-of. Thomas Shaw, in American Sheep Breeder.) Fashion is one of the most exacting and inconsider- ate tyrants of the world. Men are accustomed to say I women is omnipotent, particularly In m rtainlng to dress. But it may well be m whether fashion is stronger in its n women in these matters, than it is upon in hard matters of fact that pertain to certain lines of business. Among the many and varied in- stances which may be chosen to illustrate the potency of fashion over me
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®*te gxeebvv anc> *&p&vi&txtan LJanuary 6, 1906 WRINKLES ON MERINOS. Pl-of. Thomas Shaw, in American Sheep Breeder.) Fashion is one of the most exacting and inconsider- ate tyrants of the world. Men are accustomed to say I women is omnipotent, particularly In m rtainlng to dress. But it may well be m whether fashion is stronger in its n women in these matters, than it is upon in hard matters of fact that pertain to certain lines of business. Among the many and varied in- stances which may be chosen to illustrate the potency of fashion over men, in matters pertaining to business, ie is more opposite to the purpose of such illustra- tion than that which pertains to the crowding upon American Merino sheep as many wrinkles or folds in the skin as tin- body may be able to carry. This fashion Is to pome extent apparently in decadence at present time, but its power is still strong with some breeders of Merino sheep. Some thirty or forty i :-â ago, its prevalence was almost universal among the breeders of th's class as witnessed by the pic- tures of typical Merinos of those days. But even then practical American breeders have set up a standard of revolt ;is witnessed in the types and sub-types of I >elaines that were then being evolved. The fewer wrinkles in the American Merinos of today bear testimony to decadence in this fashion, but even now individual animals, laden down with wrinkles, are frequently in evidence. The story of the influence that led to the develop- ment of wrinkles would be interesting could it be known. Who is able to tell it? Such peculiarities of development have usually a stratum of utility on which to rest as an excuse for their existence. The large surface covered by wool on the Shropshire was encouraged, it is said, for the better protection of the sheep from flies. In time breeders lost sight of this original intent and soon came to wrorship at the shrine of abundant wool covering, as an e
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