Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . knowing that the individual sheep are not dogs, but are good to eat, yet 1)artly consent to this view, when seeing them in a flock, with a shepherd dog at theirlead. Other large races of Sueep-Dogs.—There are one or two fine speciesin France, as those of Brie, and Auvergne. In a letter from G. , to John S. Skinner, Esq., the latter are pronounced equal tothe Spanish dogs.* Large powerful races, everywhere possessing thesam
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . knowing that the individual sheep are not dogs, but are good to eat, yet 1)artly consent to this view, when seeing them in a flock, with a shepherd dog at theirlead. Other large races of Sueep-Dogs.—There are one or two fine speciesin France, as those of Brie, and Auvergne. In a letter from G. , to John S. Skinner, Esq., the latter are pronounced equal tothe Spanish dogs.* Large powerful races, everywhere possessing thesame general characteristics, are to be found in almost every countryexcepting our own, where the fine-wooled breeds of sheep have been extensively introduced. With a commerce extending to all the maritimenations of the world, singular it is that so little pains have been taken tointroduce them. The English Sheep-Dog.—The following are portraits of a Drovei s dog • 8ee Farmers Librnry, Vol. i., p. 46*. SHEEP HUSBANDRl IN THE SOUTH. 287 and a Scotch CoUey slut, imported by B. Gates, of Gap Grove Lee CoIllinnifl. They are taken from The Farmers Libiary.*. tilM ktio *^ 4«ik S** >^tV< - ?• - • A ^ .1 v^^is- ;» J - ^v ;n
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