. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. VARIETIES OK SHEEI' AND TilEIK OHARACTEKISTICS. .S73 regions. They are larger in every way than the Highlanders, prolific, and both rams and ewes are horned. They are said to produce young twice in the season, and this is turned to account, since the mutton of the lambs IS excellent, and sells for good prices. At two years old, they are said to dress 100 pounds each, and the fleeces are close, soft and white, and comb well, and weigh about six pounds each. It is probable that they might have some val
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. VARIETIES OK SHEEI' AND TilEIK OHARACTEKISTICS. .S73 regions. They are larger in every way than the Highlanders, prolific, and both rams and ewes are horned. They are said to produce young twice in the season, and this is turned to account, since the mutton of the lambs IS excellent, and sells for good prices. At two years old, they are said to dress 100 pounds each, and the fleeces are close, soft and white, and comb well, and weigh about six pounds each. It is probable that they might have some value in the mountain regions, where the lambs might be made available in some near market. XVT. Fine Wooled Sheep. The principal breeds of fine wooled sheep that have attained a good reputation, are : The Spanish, the Saxony, the Silesian, the French Meri- nos, and the American Merinos. This latter breed, years since famous all over the United States, is the result of careful breeding from Span-. MERINO KAM. ish Stock. All ttie otiier breeds have been carefully tried in the United States but not with satisfaction. Both the Saxony and the Silesians have exceedmgly fine wool. In Australia many of the flocks have received an infusion of Saxon blood; but at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadel- phia, there was nothing in the vast variety of these fleeces to induce. 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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