. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. BREEDING REGISTER. 279 them. This particular, and, indeed, everything appertaining to the subject of breeding, is most rigidly attended to by German flqck-masters, and is the means by which breeding from too close affinities is avoided,
. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. BREEDING REGISTER. 279 them. This particular, and, indeed, everything appertaining to the subject of breeding, is most rigidly attended to by German flqck-masters, and is the means by which breeding from too close affinities is avoided, as also for affording a reference to the qualities of every' individual of the flock. The Germans are exceedingly particular in their examina- tions, beginning with the lamb when only a few months old, which receives at this time a mark denoting its qualities, and subsequently and before, it has attained the age of one year, is subjected to two more inspections, and if the results correspond with the first examination, it receives a final mark of approval, and is retained as a permanent member of the flock. , The first class is denominated " Super Elector ;" the second class " Elector ;"_lhe third class " Prima ;" the fourth class " Secunda;" the fifth class " ; Few among the better flocks will range as low as the last, and if any-individual is found to sink any farther, it is disposed of. The sheep are put upon a table and held, while the exam- iner with a small pair of scissors clips samples from the neck, shoulders, and thighs, which are at once enveloped in papers, and on the back of each is noted a number corres- ponding with the ear-marks. A clerk, with pen and ink, is m attendance, who notes down the texture of the staple, whether short or long, round, fiat, or spiral, exterior appear- ance of the fleece, evenness, size, shape, &c. The following cut exemplifies the mode of numbering on the ears, by which*the a
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