Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . ity of carding by the Tory weed f Oi/noglossumWfflcinale) and Burdock (Arctmm, lappa) so common on new The old common stock of sheep, as a distinct family, have nearly disap-Speared, having been universally crossed, to a greater or less extent, withithe foreign breeds of later introduction. The first and second cross withjthe Merino, resulted in a decided improvement, and produced a varietyijexceedingly valuable for the farme
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . ity of carding by the Tory weed f Oi/noglossumWfflcinale) and Burdock (Arctmm, lappa) so common on new The old common stock of sheep, as a distinct family, have nearly disap-Speared, having been universally crossed, to a greater or less extent, withithe foreign breeds of later introduction. The first and second cross withjthe Merino, resulted in a decided improvement, and produced a varietyijexceedingly valuable for the farmer who rears wool only for domestic pur-poses. The fleeces are of uneven fineness, being hairy on the thighs, dew-lap, &c.; but the geneial quality is much improved ; the quantity is c(m-siderably augmented ; the carcass is more compact and nearer the ground ;and they have lost their unquiet and roving propensities. The cross with the*axon, for reasons which we shall hereafter allude to, has not been generally30 successful. With the Leicester and Downs the improvement, so far £u>form, size, and a propensity to take on fat are concerned, is MKRINO KAM.[DsJiance 1 inomhs old, lireil by and the property of Henry S. 132 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. ] Spanish Mkrino.— The history of tliis celebrated race of sheep, so faras it is known, has so often been brouglit before the pubHc that it is deemedunnecessary here to recapitulate it. The fii-st importation of them intothe United States took place in ISOl. Four were shipped by , a banker of Paris, three of which perished on the passage.*Tlie fourth arrived in safety at Rosendale, a farm owned by that gentle-man near Kingston, in this State. The same year Mr. Seth Adams, ofMassachusetts, imported a pair from France. In 1802, two pairs weresent frcmi France by Mr. Livingston, the American Minister, to his estateon the Hudson ; and later the same year, Mr. Humphrys, our Spanish*Minister, shipped two
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