. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 371 ounces having been cut from a fourteen months old lamb of this variety. The lyincoln requires great care and skillful management. The soil must be rich and produce sweet herbage in abundance. It is not at present the sheep for the general farmer in America, and if it has a place in this country it is apparently only in the hands of a skillful breeder. A fine flock of these sheep has been imported into America and their adaptability to our climate is being A TYPICAL SUFFOLK RAM. The
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 371 ounces having been cut from a fourteen months old lamb of this variety. The lyincoln requires great care and skillful management. The soil must be rich and produce sweet herbage in abundance. It is not at present the sheep for the general farmer in America, and if it has a place in this country it is apparently only in the hands of a skillful breeder. A fine flock of these sheep has been imported into America and their adaptability to our climate is being A TYPICAL SUFFOLK RAM. The I/Cicester. Originally this breed was a large, heavy, coarse animal, with poorly flavored flesh. It had flat sides on a thin carcass, which was large boned. They were poor feeders, light weight, and they had long, coarse wool, of poor quality. But by a systematic breeding the sheep has changed its character and to-day is found without horns and a white face and legs. Its head is fine and small and has no wool on the poll. It has a deep neck and broad shoulders, a broad, straight, flat back, a large, bright eye, and a deep body. Its legs are clean and the bones are small. The flesh is sweet, but has too much outside fat to be desirable. Its fleece is fine, white, silky, and glossy, and of medium length, weighing six to eight 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 Gardenier, Andrew A. Springfield, Mass. : King-Richardson Co.
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