Elements of agriculture; a text Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools elementsofagricu00shep Year: 1905 138 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. ginning with the finest: Leicester, Lincoln, and Cotswold. Rambouillet. (1) Origin and History. Ram- bouilJets are descended from the Spanish Merino. Fig. 49. Shearing Sheep by Machine at the North Dakota Agr^ cultural College. Their improvement has been made chiefly in France, and by reason of that fact they ar§ often spoken of as the French Merino. They are very popular on the western ranges of America, are found in nearly all the northern
Elements of agriculture; a text Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools elementsofagricu00shep Year: 1905 138 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. ginning with the finest: Leicester, Lincoln, and Cotswold. Rambouillet. (1) Origin and History. Ram- bouilJets are descended from the Spanish Merino. Fig. 49. Shearing Sheep by Machine at the North Dakota Agr^ cultural College. Their improvement has been made chiefly in France, and by reason of that fact they ar§ often spoken of as the French Merino. They are very popular on the western ranges of America, are found in nearly all the northern and middle states, and are meeting with some favor in the southern states. (2) General Appearance. The Rambouillets are large, somewhat rangy sheep, and not so wrinkled as the American Merino. They have more of the mutton form than the American Merino or the Delaine Merino, but their fleece is less dense.
Size: 1691px × 1182px
Photo credit: © Bookworm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
