Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . e very early acknowledged to be the founda-tion of the national prosperity and the wealth of Great Britain and otherEuropean countries. The more recent introduction of silk manufacturesand the establishment of the cotton trade have lessened the demand forwoolen goods; still, the sheep and its fleece are of great importance. Courtesy of The Field, New York City. (607) 608 SUCCESSFUL FARMING The Sheep of —The Spanish Merino, the only type of sheep inSpain, are noted for: (1) t
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . e very early acknowledged to be the founda-tion of the national prosperity and the wealth of Great Britain and otherEuropean countries. The more recent introduction of silk manufacturesand the establishment of the cotton trade have lessened the demand forwoolen goods; still, the sheep and its fleece are of great importance. Courtesy of The Field, New York City. (607) 608 SUCCESSFUL FARMING The Sheep of —The Spanish Merino, the only type of sheep inSpain, are noted for: (1) the production of a very fine wool, (2) hardinessand ability to travel, and (3) the disposition to stay close together whenfeeding, resting and traveling. These characteristics have had an impor-tant influence on their later history. The Sheep of England.—In England were developed several types ofsheep, and each type or breed was adapted to a certain locality. Thesebreeds were quite unlike in fleece. The wool found favor on the marketbecause of its variety in length and quality, which made it adaptable to. A Typical Lincoln different uses. The Royal Agricultural Society of England in its showcatalogue recognizes twenty-five breeds. These were all developed on theBritish Isles. Some were developed in the lowlands, some in the hills andothers in the midlands. They were developed principally for meat; freshmeat in England, with its great population, being of greater consequencethan wool. The various breeds were divided into four classes, namely, thelong-wool breeds, the middle-wool breeds, the highlanders or mountainbreeds and the upland breeds. Breeds of Sheep.—Two distinct types of sheep have been produced,namely, the mutton and wool types. The former are valued chiefly on » Courtesy of The Field, New York City. SHEEP AND GOATS 609 account of their ability to make mutton economically, although the wool-producing ability of the mutton sheep constitutes no small part o
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