. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. A Rarr Species of the Shropshire Breed Photo J. T. Xewman. IJerkhampsttnd although, hke them, they inhabit the plains and hillsides of a great part of Europe and America. There is a great difference, however, in the character of those plains ; the mcjorland sheep live on sandy soil, while the English-bred sheep are the product of a rich, loamy, calcareous land. England is especially fitted for the forma- tion of such a race, partly by reason of i
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. A Rarr Species of the Shropshire Breed Photo J. T. Xewman. IJerkhampsttnd although, hke them, they inhabit the plains and hillsides of a great part of Europe and America. There is a great difference, however, in the character of those plains ; the mcjorland sheep live on sandy soil, while the English-bred sheep are the product of a rich, loamy, calcareous land. England is especially fitted for the forma- tion of such a race, partly by reason of its soft and temper- ate climate, and partly because of its many beautiful and fer- tile meadows and the rolling "downs" of the south and •east; and also, and above all, by reason of the practical good sense that characterizes the Englishman in general and the English breeder in particular. The history of these sheep does not date back very far. It was not until the second half of the eighteenth century that their excellent qualities came to be gener- ally known, thanks to a breeder named Bake- well, who died in 1799. Bakewell lived in Leicestershire, where the soil and climate had. The Shower Digitized by IVIicrosoft®. 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 Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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