. Sheep farming in America . Sheep and sheep breeding. HUSBANDRY IN WESTERN STATES. 211 varies consideraltly with tlie Ijroed and also with the district wliere slie is l^eiit and tlie manner of keeping. In England among the Dorset bleeders it is tlie custom to take three or four crops of lambs to a Dorset ram, tlien to breed them to a Down (Hampshire, Shrop- shire or Sussex), and sell them in lamb to go away to men who make it a practice to buy these ewes, grow from them one or two crops of lambs and send them fat to market. In. A SHOW OF COTSWOLDS. America it can hardly be said that th
. Sheep farming in America . Sheep and sheep breeding. HUSBANDRY IN WESTERN STATES. 211 varies consideraltly with tlie Ijroed and also with the district wliere slie is l^eiit and tlie manner of keeping. In England among the Dorset bleeders it is tlie custom to take three or four crops of lambs to a Dorset ram, tlien to breed them to a Down (Hampshire, Shrop- shire or Sussex), and sell them in lamb to go away to men who make it a practice to buy these ewes, grow from them one or two crops of lambs and send them fat to market. In. A SHOW OF COTSWOLDS. America it can hardly be said that there is any established system anywhere, and the more usual method is simply to continue to use the ewe so long as her teeth are good, dis- posing of her then for what she will bring. There is something to be said for tliis prac- tice, though undoubtedly when we have set- tled down to a good and regulai' systeni of management, when we have formed a habit of. 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 Wing, Joseph E. (Joseph Elwyn), 1861-1915. Chicago : Sanders Publishing Co.
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