This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...found accompanying the several qualities, in prime ordinary flocks. A fine fleece of 4 lbs., at 50 cents, would be worth $2; good medium, weighing 4 lbs., at 40 cents, $1 80; medium, weighing 5 lbs., at 32 cents, $1 60. And the consumption of feed rises with the diminution of quality. Admitting the daily consumption of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...found accompanying the several qualities, in prime ordinary flocks. A fine fleece of 4 lbs., at 50 cents, would be worth $2; good medium, weighing 4 lbs., at 40 cents, $1 80; medium, weighing 5 lbs., at 32 cents, $1 60. And the consumption of feed rises with the diminution of quality. Admitting the daily consumption of hay for 150 days to be 3 per cent, to the liveweight, 100 fine Merinos, averaging 85 lbs. each, would consume about 19 tons of hay; and 100 medium Merinos, averaging 105 lbs. each, would consume about 23 tons--an important difference in their relative ex penses! The fine-wooled Merino does not, like the Saxon, lose his ad vantage in this particular by his inferior hardiness. The latter point will be more particularly adverted to hi ft subsequent part of this Letter, t Saxona weigh about 20 lbs. less. The shape and general appearance of the Merino should be as follows: The head should be well carried up, and in the ewe hornless. It would bo better on many accounts to have the ram also hornless, but, being usually characteristic of the Merino, many prefer to see them. The face should be shortish, broad between the eyes, the nose pointed, and in the ewe fine and free from wrinkles. The eye should be bright, moderately prominent, and gentle in its expression. The neck should be straight (not curving downward), short, round, stout--particularly so at its junction with the shoulder, forward of the upper point of which it should not sink below the level of the back. The points of the shoulder should not rise to any perceptible extent above the level of the back. The back, to the hips, should be straight; the crops (that portion of the body immediately back of the shoulder-blades) full; the ribs well arched; the body large and capacious; the flank we...
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