. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. SILBSIAN MEEINOS. 41 years they are flot as heavy. * * * Mr. Fischer's sheep are large, say larger than any flock of Vermont Merinos that I have seen. * * * x have the lambs come from November to March, because Carl says it is the best way, and I let him do as he pleases. * * * The ewes do not give quite as much wool, but I think the lambs make stronger sheep, as they get a good start the first ; The Silesian ram, a portrait of which is given on page 38, was bred by Mr. Chamberla
. The practical shepherd: a complete treatise on the breeding, management and diseases of sheep. Sheep. SILBSIAN MEEINOS. 41 years they are flot as heavy. * * * Mr. Fischer's sheep are large, say larger than any flock of Vermont Merinos that I have seen. * * * x have the lambs come from November to March, because Carl says it is the best way, and I let him do as he pleases. * * * The ewes do not give quite as much wool, but I think the lambs make stronger sheep, as they get a good start the first ; The Silesian ram, a portrait of which is given on page 38, was bred by Mr. Chamberlain, and is now the property of James Geddes, of Fairmount, N". Y. He is regarded as an extraordinarily valuable animal of the family. He is large in size and yields an unusually heavy fleece. The following cut represents a group of SUesian ewes imported by Mr. GKOUP OF SILESIAN^ EWES. I visited Mr. Chamberlain's flock in February, 1863. Most of the lambs were then dropped and the ewes appeared to be excellent mothers. They were fed beets but no grain. They are housed constantly in cold weather, except when let out to drink—Choused nights throughout the year, and from all summer rain storms. From the limited quantity of his available pasturage, Mr. Chamberlain restricts them far more than is usual in that particular in summer, but allows them to. 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 Randall, Henry Stephens, 1811-1876. Rochester, N. Y. , D. D. T. Moore; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.
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