The sheep A historical and statistical description of the sheep and its products . PROMINENT BREEDS OF SHEEP THE MERINO. The home of this ancient and fanions breed apjiears to liavebeen Spain, from whence they were im]iorted into hrance, Kn_c:hmd,Germanv, the U. S. of America and Anstraha. Tliev are the onlytrnl\- sliort or tine wooled breed, and as raised in Spain, were (hs-tinctly a wool shee]). We cannot do better here than i)rint verbatim,an article written by Mr. E. K. IJall, Secretary of the MerinoBreeders Association, of America, which fully covers the history ofthe breed, and first imp
The sheep A historical and statistical description of the sheep and its products . PROMINENT BREEDS OF SHEEP THE MERINO. The home of this ancient and fanions breed apjiears to liavebeen Spain, from whence they were im]iorted into hrance, Kn_c:hmd,Germanv, the U. S. of America and Anstraha. Tliev are the onlytrnl\- sliort or tine wooled breed, and as raised in Spain, were (hs-tinctly a wool shee]). We cannot do better here than i)rint verbatim,an article written by Mr. E. K. IJall, Secretary of the MerinoBreeders Association, of America, which fully covers the history ofthe breed, and first importations to this country: The ancestors of the American Merino, AAM-mont b\- some at this late dale, Spanish Merino, etc., were imi)ortedto the I. S. from Si)ain. The true orip,in of the sheep and thecountry from which they eminated, is somewhat uncertain, but atan earlv da\, hue wool shee]i of excellent (|uality were trans])ortedfrom Svria to (ireece, from (ireece to Italw and from Italy to S|) a ver\- earl\- ])eriod, Miletus, a (irecian colon\- in Syria,
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