Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . possibility of carding by the Tory weed ( Ci/noglossumofficinale) and Burdock (Arctium lappa) so common on new lands. The old common stock of sheep, as a distinct family, have nearly disap-])eared, having been universally crossed, to a greater or less extent, withthe foreign breeds of later introduction. The hrst and second cross withthe Merino, resulted in a decided improvement, and produced a varietyexceedingly valuable for the farme
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . possibility of carding by the Tory weed ( Ci/noglossumofficinale) and Burdock (Arctium lappa) so common on new lands. The old common stock of sheep, as a distinct family, have nearly disap-])eared, having been universally crossed, to a greater or less extent, withthe foreign breeds of later introduction. The hrst and second cross withthe Merino, resulted in a decided improvement, and produced a varietyexceedingly valuable for the farmer who rears wool only for domestic pur-poses. The fleeces are of uneven fineness, being hairy on the thighs, dew-lap, &c. ; but the general quality is much improved ; the quantity is con-siderably augmented ; the carcass is more compact and nearer the ground ;and they have lost their unquiet and roving propensities. The cross with the^axon, for reasons which we shall hereafter allude to, has not been generallyso successful. With the Leicester and Downs the improvement, so far a«form, size, and a propensity to take on fat are concerned, is MERINO RAM. \DeSiance. I munths old. bred by and the property of Henry 1 132 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. Spanish Merino.— The history of this celebrated race of sheep, so faras it is known, has so often been brought before the public tliat it is deemedunnecessary here to recapitulate it. The firat importation of them intothe United States took place in ISOl. Four were shipped by , a banker of Paris, three of which perished on the passage.*The fourth arrived in safety at Rosendale, a farm owned by that gentle-man near Kingston, in this State. The same year Mr. Seth Adams, ofMassachusetts, imported a pair from France. In 1802, two pairs wernsent from France by Mr. Livingston, the American Minister, to his estateon the Hudson ; and later the same year, Mr. Humphrys, our SpanishMinister, shipped two hundred, on his depa
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