. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 664 SHEEP quality, while the tails in their native country are rated as a delicacy, the fat replacing butter. In October, 1916, R. A. Tawney of Colo- rado marketed 400 black grade lambs on the Kansas City market that were five months old and averaged 70 pounds live weight, with price much the same as native lambs of the same weight. The hardiness of the Karakul is very marked. In their native home they undergo conditions of great winter severity. As tried. Fig. 312. Karakul ewes owned by C. P. Bailey & Sons, San Jose, California. From photogra
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. 664 SHEEP quality, while the tails in their native country are rated as a delicacy, the fat replacing butter. In October, 1916, R. A. Tawney of Colo- rado marketed 400 black grade lambs on the Kansas City market that were five months old and averaged 70 pounds live weight, with price much the same as native lambs of the same weight. The hardiness of the Karakul is very marked. In their native home they undergo conditions of great winter severity. As tried. Fig. 312. Karakul ewes owned by C. P. Bailey & Sons, San Jose, California. From photograph, by courtesy of the American Sheep Breeder in South Africa and the United States they have proved most vigorous. The breed, however, is not suited to a damp climate and should not be reared under conditions of unusual moisture. " There is no evidence," writes Holm,i '" that although extremely hardy, they possess immunity to any of the South African sheep diseases, and the same care should be exercised with Karakuls as with other ; The fecundity of the Karakul is not marked. As a rule the ewes drop one lamb a year. Pure-bred ewes require special atten- tion during breeding season on account of the heavy tail; in fact, 1 Alexander Holm, Karakul Sheep. Pretoria, South Africa, 1916. Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York, Ginn
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