. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. 194 American Breeders Magazine should not be used for breeding purposes if Persian broad-tails can be secured, as the Karakul blood is too dilute to do that name justice. The Karakul Breeds.—The Karakul breeds are found in Arabia, Palestine, Syria Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Persia, Afghanistan, Chiva and especially Bokhara, which is the home of the Arabi from which all other Karakul breeds descend. Today the Khanate of Bokhara with its immense oasis is the one place where the pure Arabi has been preserved, although a few are said


. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. 194 American Breeders Magazine should not be used for breeding purposes if Persian broad-tails can be secured, as the Karakul blood is too dilute to do that name justice. The Karakul Breeds.—The Karakul breeds are found in Arabia, Palestine, Syria Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Persia, Afghanistan, Chiva and especially Bokhara, which is the home of the Arabi from which all other Karakul breeds descend. Today the Khanate of Bokhara with its immense oasis is the one place where the pure Arabi has been preserved, although a few are said to be found also in north-. This sijeclinen apparently has less light wool in hini than is generally the case, and Is therefore a fur producer. By courtesy of Prince Yermoloff. eastern Persia and Chiva. According to Poniatovsky of Bokhara and Sinitzin of Crimea, the name Karakul is applied not only to the Arabi, but to all grade Arabi most important of which are the Shiraz, Doozboy and Zigai. The Shirazi is an Arabi Long-wool and like the Malitch an excel- lent fur producer, whilst the Doozboy is an Arabi tight-wool which has been crossed with certain varieties of the Ovis stcotopyga (fat-tail) giving us the Zigai. Unfortunately what little literature tlierc is on. 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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