. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. quantity of hay or itsequivalent fed to the sheep did not .exceed by actual weightl-l- lbs. per day, except to the ewes, which received an addi-tional quantity just before and after lambing. This treatmentwas attended with no disease or loss by death, and with anincrease of lambs, equalling one for every ewe. In a flock of pure Saxony sheep owned by Mr. Smith ofConnecticut, as stated in a letter from the owner, published inthe j^.merican Shepherd, 104 ewes raised 101 lambs, andyield
. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. quantity of hay or itsequivalent fed to the sheep did not .exceed by actual weightl-l- lbs. per day, except to the ewes, which received an addi-tional quantity just before and after lambing. This treatmentwas attended with no disease or loss by death, and with anincrease of lambs, equalling one for every ewe. In a flock of pure Saxony sheep owned by Mr. Smith ofConnecticut, as stated in a letter from the owner, published inthe j^.merican Shepherd, 104 ewes raised 101 lambs, andyielded 341 lbs. of wool, which sold at 70 cents per lb. Forthe 18 months preceding, he lost but three animals out of 300,from ordinary casualties. But some flocks of pure Saxony donot, in good condition, average 2 lbs. per head. THE RAMBv LILI ET ILO K. 99 A recent importation, (May, 1846,) made by Mr. Taintorof Connecticut, consisting of four bucks and four ewes, fromthe celebrated Saxon flock of Baron de Spreck, show a sizeand apparent vigor of constitution, equalUng any of their Me-rino progenitors. Fig. Rambouillet Buck. The Rambouillet Flock. This flock was founded in 1786, by Louis XVI., from a se-lection of 400 of the best Spanish sheep, which were placedon the royal farm at Rambouillet. These, like the Saxon, re-ceived all the attention which intelligence and wealth couldbestow, and the consequence was soon manifest in their largersize, and the incieased weight and uniformity in the finenessof their fleece; the last improvement being particularly evi-dent, from the absence of the coarse wool, which in manycases infested the quarters; and the jarr or hair, which fre-quently abounds on the flanks, legs, and thighs of the originalMerino. ? Besides the crown flocks at Rambouillet, they are found inequal perfection on several other of the royal farms, especiallythose of Malmaison, Perpignan, Aries, Clermont, and some 100 DOMESTIC ANIMALb. others. These flocks have been bred
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