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Merino sheep

Identifier: breedsoflivestoc00sand (find matches)
Title: The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity ..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Sanders, James Harvey, 1832-1899. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Livestock
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Sanders publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rino SheepRegister, Asa H. Craig, Caldwell, Wis. National Improved SaxonySheep-Breeders Association Register, J. H. Clark, Toledo, Pa. De-laine Merino Register, J. C. McNary, Houstonville, Pa. VermontAtwood Club Register, George Hammond, Middlebury, Vt. GROUP OF MERINO SHEEP. The engraving facing this page, showing a ram and two ewes,is a thoroughly typical illustration of the American Merino. Thesketch was made from life by Burk, from the flock of C. M. Clark,of Whitewater, Wis. The ram shown in the picture was three yearsold at the time the sketch was made and was awarded first prizeat the annual Wisconsin shearing of 1883, his first clip having weighed10 lbs. 8 oz.; second, 20 lbs. 8 oz.; and third, 30 lbs. 3 oz. Theewe in center of group is a two-year-old, full sister to the ram; firstfleece, 14 lbs. 8 oz.; second fleece, 19 lbs. 7 oz. The ewe on theright has sheared in five consecutive years as follows: 17 lbs. 3 oz.,18 lbs. 4 oz., 17 lbs. 8 oz., 16 lbs. 12 oz., and 18 lbs. (438)
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COTSWOLD, LEICESTER, AND LINCOLN SHEEP. The engraving presented herewith is intended to show a typiealanimal of eaeh of the three breeds above named; the one on theleft with the long foretop is a Cotswold, on the right background aLincoln, and in the foreground a Leicester. In general appearancethese three breeds are quite similar. The Lincoln is the largest ofthe long-wool breeds, the head is free from wool, the bones arelarge, the fleece is long and lustrous and at full length usually part-ing along the back. The Cotswold fleece is denser than either ofthe others and is shorter than that of the Lincoln, although cover-ing the body more completely, and the long tuft of wool on theforetop is one of its marked peculiarities. The Leicester fleece issimilar to that of the Cotswold but not so dense, and is from sevento nine inches in length. It has a tuft of wool on the forehead,but not so long as that on the Cotswold. The face is sometimesslightly colored. For fuller particulars as to th

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  • booksubject:Livestock
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  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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