Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . ernal concrete gum in some * This tCBtimony -will be found in a Letter from me to A. B. Allen, Esq., in the December No of tbaImerican Agriculturist, 1844, and in the Cultivator, I think, of the same date—if not, the succeeding Livingstons Essay on Sheep, p. 39. % Ibid., p. 49, et tupra. tt Livingstons Kssay on Sheep, p. 51. §> Ibid., Appendix. 134 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. flocks, but not commonly so—their wool longish o
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . ernal concrete gum in some * This tCBtimony -will be found in a Letter from me to A. B. Allen, Esq., in the December No of tbaImerican Agriculturist, 1844, and in the Cultivator, I think, of the same date—if not, the succeeding Livingstons Essay on Sheep, p. 39. % Ibid., p. 49, et tupra. tt Livingstons Kssay on Sheep, p. 51. §> Ibid., Appendix. 134 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. flocks, but not commonly so—their wool longish on both back and beiiyand exceedingly dense—wool whiter within than the Rjunbouilleis—skicthe same rich rose-color. The ram on page 131 is a goud specimen of thisvariety, though his age is not suHicient to give him tlie substance and com-pactness of an older animal, and the apparent want in these jtarticulars ishightened by recent shearing.* His first fleece of well-washed wool althirteen months old, was S lbs.; was of beautiful ([uality, and entirilydestitute of hair. At three years old he would have sheared from 10 tc lalbs. of well-washed MERINO KWE. The second general class of American Merinos are smaller than the pre-ceding—less hardy—wool as a general thing finer—covered with a blackpitchy gum on its extremities—fleece about one-fourth lighter than in classfirst. The tJiird class, which have been bred mostly South, are still smaller andless hardy—and cany still finer and lighter fleeces. The fleece is desti-tute of external gum. The sheep and wool bear a close resemblance tothe Saxon ; and if not actually mixed with that blood,| they have beenformed into a similar variety, by a similar course of breeding. Clai^s^rst are a larger and stronger sheep than those originally importedfrom Spain, carry much heavier fleeces, and in well selected flocks, or in*dividuals, the fleece is of a decidedly better quality. The ewe from myflock—the portrait of wh
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