Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . le in upland districts in the vicinity ofmarkets. They have been introduced into every part of the British Do-minions, and imported into various other countries. The Emperor ofRussia paid Mr. Ellman three hundred guineas for two rams, and in 1800 a ram belonging to the Duke of Bedford, was let for one season at eightyguineas, two others at forty guineas each, and four more at twenty-eightguineas each. These valuable sheep were introd
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . le in upland districts in the vicinity ofmarkets. They have been introduced into every part of the British Do-minions, and imported into various other countries. The Emperor ofRussia paid Mr. Ellman three hundred guineas for two rams, and in 1800 a ram belonging to the Duke of Bedford, was let for one season at eightyguineas, two others at forty guineas each, and four more at twenty-eightguineas each. These valuable sheep were introduced into the UniteaStates a few years since by Col. J. H. Powell, of Philadelphia, and a smallnumber was imported by one of the members of this Committee in last were from the flock of Mr. Ellman, at a cost of $60 ahead. Sev-eral other importations have since taken place. The ram and ewe, the portraits of which are given, are the descendantsof the importation of Francis Rotch, Esq., alluded to in the precedingparagraph. They are most spirited likenesses, and were kindly furnishedme by that gentleman, to accompany this Letter. They are exceedingly. SOUTH-DOWN EWE. jcharacteristic of the Ellman stock. Not so large as the later importationsof Mr. Rotch from the celebrated flock of Mz*. Webb, they are, in the 14H SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. opinion of that gentleman, as well as in my o\^^l, a more beautifully,fornuil and not less ])rotital>le animal. For (•omj)ac-tiiess—great weight ic,a small compass—they are perhaps uiinvaled. The following is the description of the perfect South-Down by Mr. Ell*man, the foiuuler of the imj)roved breed: • Tlio head snuJl luul honik-ss ; tlio face sjwckled or pray and neither too long nor tWAnn ; tlio lii)8 linn, iind the ppuce hetwctn the noso and the eyes narrf)w; the under jawor chaii fine an<i thin ; the ears tnlerahly wide and well covered with wool, nnd the lore-h«ad iilrio, and tlio whole space borvveen the ears w
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