The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . / / ^r.^. SOUTH DOWN. The improvement effected by Mr. Ellman, was noifrom any admixture of foreign blood, for even the cross,with the Leicester was a failure, and the promised advan-tages to be derived from the Merinos were delusive.* Itresulted, mainly, from the practice of the true principles ofbreeding; a system of choice selection from male and fe-male. The introduction of turnip husbandry was anothervery important agent, which essentially promoted thrift andsize, and an early development of
The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . / / ^r.^. SOUTH DOWN. The improvement effected by Mr. Ellman, was noifrom any admixture of foreign blood, for even the cross,with the Leicester was a failure, and the promised advan-tages to be derived from the Merinos were delusive.* Itresulted, mainly, from the practice of the true principles ofbreeding; a system of choice selection from male and fe-male. The introduction of turnip husbandry was anothervery important agent, which essentially promoted thrift andsize, and an early development of form. They are now, * Youatt. 104 BRITISH BREEDS. says Mr. EUman, much improved both in shape and consti-tution. They are smaller in bone, equally hardy, with agreater disposition to fatten, and much heavier in carcasewhen fat. They used seldom to fatten until they were fouryears old; but it would now be a rare sight to see a pen ofSouth Down wethers at market more than two years old, andmany are killed before they reach that age. The following description of a perfect South Down, fromthe pen of Mr. Ell
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