Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . e spine, and extending far backward, and thelast rib projecting more than others, the back fiat from ihe shoulders to the setting on ofthe tail; the loin broad and flat; the rump broad and the tail set on high, and nearly ona level with the spine. The hips wide; the space between ihem and the last rib on ei-ther side as naiTOW as possible, and the ribs generally presenting a circidar Ibnn like abanel. The belly as sti-aight as the back
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . e spine, and extending far backward, and thelast rib projecting more than others, the back fiat from ihe shoulders to the setting on ofthe tail; the loin broad and flat; the rump broad and the tail set on high, and nearly ona level with the spine. The hips wide; the space between ihem and the last rib on ei-ther side as naiTOW as possible, and the ribs generally presenting a circidar Ibnn like abanel. The belly as sti-aight as the back. The les neither too long nor too short: the fore-legs straight fiom the breast to the footnot bending inward at the knee, and standing far apart both before and behind; the hockhaving a direction rather outward, and the twist, or the meeting of the thighs behind, beingiwrticularly full, the bones fine, yet having no appearance of weakness, and of a speckled ordark color. The l)elly well defended with wool, and the wool coming down before and behind to theknee and to the hock ; the wool short, close, curled and fine, and free from spiiy projecliusfibres. i^^^r- THK SHKEf. ed irom one in Mr. Spooners work on Sheep- - The above cut isthe oiiginal drawing lieiiig liy Harvey. The Cotswolds, unul imiiroved by modern crosses, were a veiy large SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH, l4«.4 coarse, long-legged, flat-ribLed variety, light in the fore-quaiter—shearinoa long, heavy, coarse fleece of w^ool. They were hardy, prolific breederaand capital nurses. They were deficient in early maturity, and did notpossess feeding properties equaling those of the Down or New a cross with the latter variety we owe the modern or improved Cots-wold. Having had no personal experience with the breed,* I oreferquoting the descriptions of the later standard English writers, to the taskof compilation. The following is from Spooner : t The CotswnlJ is a large breed of sheep, with a long
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