. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. SHEEP. 211 Other modern breed of mutton sheep. Much the same terms might be
. Prairie agriculture [microform] : containing a list of chemical experiments; a series of experiments on the growth of seeds; a description of how plants grow; a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action; an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba; a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds; an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba; advantages of mixed farming. Agriculture; Agriculture. SHEEP. 211 Other modern breed of mutton sheep. Much the same terms might be used to describe a model mutton sheep as we employed to describe beef cattle, except that in sheep, on account of the thick wool, most of the points must be determined by handling more than by sight. The Leicester is a Inrge, square- fl'amed handsome sheep, having a white face with black nostrils and lips. It is perfectly hornless, without wool over the forehead, and has a fleece long and rather open, with wool of a close spiral. Of the slight diflference between the Bakewell and the Border Leicester, now the more popular and widely distributed, we need not ^ :OTSV^OLD RAM. 27>0Pfq/>trtyof Win (frojin. Swa nLake li !â â ;â : THE COTSWOLD. This is one of the oldest breeds of British sheep. Indeed it gave its name to the hills of its original homeâcot, a sheepfold ; and iwld, the open country, in this case liilly. It is a big, upstanding siiecp, with a longer neck and more elcgfint carriage tinm the Leicester. The fleece is long and open, the wool. 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 Winnipeg : Consolidated Stationery Co.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
