. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. he poorcreatures then have a most repulsiveappearance, in consequence of thelack of cleanliness in the inhabitantsof those regions, ne\er more clearlyrevealed than during the shearingoperation. The manipulation of thewool is also filthy. Part is sold, andanother part is sent to the small spin-ning mills, whence the owner receivesit back in the form of worsted forknitting, woolen aprons, or stuffs tobe made into coarse woolen small part of the fleece is kept b)-the owners ; it is washed and hungon trees or hedges to
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. he poorcreatures then have a most repulsiveappearance, in consequence of thelack of cleanliness in the inhabitantsof those regions, ne\er more clearlyrevealed than during the shearingoperation. The manipulation of thewool is also filthy. Part is sold, andanother part is sent to the small spin-ning mills, whence the owner receivesit back in the form of worsted forknitting, woolen aprons, or stuffs tobe made into coarse woolen small part of the fleece is kept b)-the owners ; it is washed and hungon trees or hedges to dry and the mother brings out anancient spinning wheel and spins herown yarn. This is the ordinary worsted withwhich the shepherd knits his socks. Before the shearing the sheep are washed,the washing being done in common by theowners and their servants, assisted by all the vil-lage youth. The young men stand in the water and pass the sheep from hand to hand, whichcauses the animals to receive a mud bath, thebenefit of which is very problematical. This.
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