. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. SAXON SHEEP. 81 ong-wooled English breeds, and approximate more nearly .0 the Lincoln variety. The mountain breed are esteemed the most valuable, having fine, shqrt wfool, which, latterly, has been much im- proved in quality and weight
. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. SAXON SHEEP. 81 ong-wooled English breeds, and approximate more nearly .0 the Lincoln variety. The mountain breed are esteemed the most valuable, having fine, shqrt wfool, which, latterly, has been much im- proved in quality and weight by the SAXON SHEEP. The following history of the introduction of the Merinos into Saxony was written by the late Mr. Henry D. Grove, of Hoosic, N. Y., whose decease will long be lamented by those who knew his many private virtues, and by American agriculturists, who will not cease to pay the homage of gratitude to his memory, for the enthusiastic enterprise and zeal he continued to manifest to his latest moments to im- prove the fleece of his adopted ; The following was addressed to Messrs. Benton & Barry, at whose request it was written, and affixed to their useful work on the Statistics of Sheep and Manufactures of the United States, and published in 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 Morrell, Luke A. New York : Harper & Brothers
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