Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . mbing with a smaller lot of better wool, their this years clip sold fur 29cents per pound, while my heavier Merino fleeces sold for 42 cents perpound. They attracted no notice, and might at any time have beenbought of their owner for the price of common sheep of the same believe the flock was broken up and sold to butchers and others thisspring, after shearing. They were certainly inferior to the descrij)tion ofthe b
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . mbing with a smaller lot of better wool, their this years clip sold fur 29cents per pound, while my heavier Merino fleeces sold for 42 cents perpound. They attracted no notice, and might at any time have beenbought of their owner for the price of common sheep of the same believe the flock was broken up and sold to butchers and others thisspring, after shearing. They were certainly inferior to the descrij)tion ofthe breed by Sir John Sinclair, even in 1792, quoted by Mr, Youatt,|! and * With every breed previously described. ] have had ample pevsoual experience. I have merely sef^iCotflwold iiocks. t Q. v., p. 99. \ Q. v., p. 340. \\ Q. v., pp. 285, 280. .60 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH, had all the defects attributed to the original stock by Ciflly • They mfghtnot, however, have been favorable specimens of the breed. On the sleep, storm-lashed Cheviot Hills, in the extreme North of nd, this breed first attracted notice for their great hardiness in resisting.
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