. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE SHEEP 175. Sheep Baths long produced a stout sheep suitable for butcher- ing. A neighboring breed, the Herefordshire, was also stoutly and heavily made, with a large head and strong, bony structure ; but it was chiefly valued for its wool, which was of excel- lent quality. Now the stomach of London de- manded meat, more meat, always meat. The Englishman is beyond dispute the greatest meat eater in the civilized world, while at the same time h
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE SHEEP 175. Sheep Baths long produced a stout sheep suitable for butcher- ing. A neighboring breed, the Herefordshire, was also stoutly and heavily made, with a large head and strong, bony structure ; but it was chiefly valued for its wool, which was of excel- lent quality. Now the stomach of London de- manded meat, more meat, always meat. The Englishman is beyond dispute the greatest meat eater in the civilized world, while at the same time he is a dainty ^i,'-(^///7«(7. To do him justice, he never hesitates to pay the price of his meat, which is naturally an encourage- ment to the breeder. Bakewell saw his op- portunity and was equal to the task. He created the new Leicester breed (sometimes called the Dishley) from mating the old Leicestershire race with the Herefordshire, Lincoln, and Teeswater races. The Teeswater sheep is the product of very rich pastures lying along the two banks of the river Tees. For a long time it was one of the best known species. At two years of age the animal often supplied two hundred pounds of butcher's meat. Towards Christmas of the }'ear 1797 a ram of this race was slaugh- tered at Darlington-on-Tees, the four quarters of which weighed two hundred and fort\'-nine pounds, with seventeen additional p(junds of fat. 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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