Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . tilM ktio *^ 4«ik S** >^tV< - ?• - • A ^ .1 v^^is- ;» J - ^v ;n. *^ DROVER S DOG, AND COLLEY SLUT. The Drovers dog, or English sheep-dog, or Butchers dog—for by aiiof these names is he known—is considerably smaller than the specieD orfamilies heretofore described, but he is a larger and more powerful dogthan the Colley. Mr. Gates, in the communication accompanying theportraits, remarks : Much has already been written on t
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . tilM ktio *^ 4«ik S** >^tV< - ?• - • A ^ .1 v^^is- ;» J - ^v ;n. *^ DROVER S DOG, AND COLLEY SLUT. The Drovers dog, or English sheep-dog, or Butchers dog—for by aiiof these names is he known—is considerably smaller than the specieD orfamilies heretofore described, but he is a larger and more powerful dogthan the Colley. Mr. Gates, in the communication accompanying theportraits, remarks : Much has already been written on the intelligence of the Scotch Colley. My opinion igthat the English Butchers dog is no way lacking on that point. Any reader who hasvisited Smithfield market in London, on Monday or Friday, will, no doubt, have formed thesame opinion. There you have an opportunity of seeing a number of these useful animalsat their work. It would, in fact, be almost impossible to conduct this market without theiraid. There a vast number of different animals are brought for sale from all parts of thecouutiy, to supply this great metropolis, and are collected in the smallest possible space,The difficulty of keeping them from mingling with ot
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