. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. Young: The Karakul Breed of Sheep 35 dently not minding the intense heat in the summer nor the severe cold in the winter, often going for days witliout food and water, it can readily be seen why the people living in the arid countries of CentrahAsia found it advantageous to cross their native sheep with the Arabi, which is the heaviest sheep known. The barren semi- mountainous country of Bokhara in which the Arabi thrives cer- tainly does not show much evidence of grass, except here and there. Fig. 1. HALf-liHtED
. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. Young: The Karakul Breed of Sheep 35 dently not minding the intense heat in the summer nor the severe cold in the winter, often going for days witliout food and water, it can readily be seen why the people living in the arid countries of CentrahAsia found it advantageous to cross their native sheep with the Arabi, which is the heaviest sheep known. The barren semi- mountainous country of Bokhara in which the Arabi thrives cer- tainly does not show much evidence of grass, except here and there. Fig. 1. HALf-liHtED Shkopshikk. Obtained before fur shows figures. Objeci was to obtain unborn Karakul- Shropshire velvet with figures. in the small valleys, and nature has made it possible for this animal to store in a short time large quantities of fat in its innnense tail, weighing from 25 to 50 pounds, upon which it draws for sustenance when necessity demands it, and these properties are in a large measure transmitted to the offspring resulting from crossing the Arabi with the native 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 American Breeders Association; American Genetic Association. [Washington, D. C. :] The Association
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