Book VII. 



MERINO SHEEP. 



106S 



sees. Aplaaora 

 ltiffcriijlwicfi 



895 



faammlmali ii. if jirai%r Knft inhk 



rfr-tren. The plaa 0&- 8BS) eoirt^m fev 

 ( with neftafiv the ahecp{). TIk eferatkia 

 896 



(^ 995.) : b ws a gaOerr (c), wUeh wr 

 Ae^ han 



897 



^1 



in the aaBc 



tover, with ararrment* therein for the 'bwiherd. 



1 to laiidy alwiot SCchacnBas ne 



rdCMD 



1 vatnu 

 vbich 



CBiiov>:->The< 

 kcfit io the dace dttring the i 

 ia tfie hooae AniMtfie wpht, naUl they have l >inaiM d fweftfy or 'tfrirty 

 lanlw. Tbeae laaAs are then pot into a lamb-nouM^ which is kept con, 

 vtantfy wen fittioed with deaa wheat straw ; and chalk, both in ~ 



-^Hcr, is fffonded tetfatfB to Kcfc, ID 



vT iiwaur eflie tambs in Iwith. As a p tere ti bo against gnanringtne 

 oreatiiigeMh otho^ wool, a fittie wheat straw v placed, wtfb the 

 - -.. they 3aMe them. 



wnwardiL in a ndc withn their r e a c h , wifli 

 f which they eat a SBafl quantity. In 

 are and attentien. vntil tt for the bnte 



fl 



'/ckicli the nwthen of the 

 eoune of which ttne each bBBh ia 

 laarin of tteir own are 



lambc are 

 Mcfc thca 

 dr: 



th 



eaainbmM 

 arebnM^toll 



I this hense they are liept, 

 ibntdicr: 



motkfrt ef the l am t are tnmed, every tuAH at eight o'dodc, 



- to their oApsing. At six o'docfc n the moramg these 



. ted fioB their lanbs, and tnmed into the pastures; and 



ewet as have )ost th^ own lante, and those ewes whose 



ht in and be*d by the bead tiU the landis by turns 



:^re then taraed into tbe pasture, and at twdre 



:ia!!ttire 'wAo the lamb-house for an hour, in tlie 



- At four o'clock *ll the ewes that hare not 



Id for thelaartis to saefc ; and at eight the 



fit cnmsh. and rpnpcr ae ^riMMteidttwedu 

 11 mini in^thiifrarf 



rAAr)r select such of tbe lambs as become 

 - -nd send them to markets during De- 

 )m. one gidnea to fotv, and tbe rest 

 o a OTf^^ each. 'Hhs is eves, and some of them die under 



excess of exhaustion. llowever, care b talccn t -^1 ; for when green food (riz. 



tamias,eole,rye,tafes,ciiMrer,Ae.) begiaatofoi! -hem in troughs, and second. 



CKipbay incadcs,aswciltoS0pfMXttheewcsast TityofmiUi; for if that should 



r>/A be 'A'V^'^'A, the laafaa would become stunted, in wliich cae no focxl could fatten them. {Middlaez 

 liejjortt p. SS6.) 



Sect. VII. Probable hnprovement to be derived from Crosset of the Merino Breed of 



723 J. 

 and a : 

 year, 

 thecare 



1 



7230- The Merino, or Spanuh variety of the O^vis ^ries, is supposed by Rozier and 

 other French writers to have l>een originally imported from Africa to Spain. It is, 

 howerer, at leart as prolmble tJiat they are indigenous to that country, or, if originally 

 imported, tiiat they Jiave become modified to what they are by the soil and climate. 



//rflcfe-rf a/teii<ttw m rAa MM/y in 17r4j in consequence of the reports of travellers, 



John Bowler to Peter Cc^inson, puMisbed in tbe Gentleman'' $ Magazine for that 



;.ix>rted in 1788, and more in 1791, and placed on the king's farm at Windsor, under 



I r>ii j'jfr^'iiu Banks, who was then constituted his Majesty's shepherd. TTie first sale of stock 



in 'iHaOi and from these, a llocfc in^iocted from Spain in 1801 by Lord Somerville, and some 



rxher importations by ditCexeat persons subseqtienUy, have sprung all the Merinos and Merino rams in 



tt,*> ,':'-Ar,. Kn>r.. that period, a number of eminent breeders and scientific agriculturists have cultivated 



and by croing, but efixx-ially Dr. Parry and Lord Soroervilie ; and though the 



-eduction may ultimately prove to the country can by no means be estimated at 



ready done muf h ;o"; !': directing the public attention to the subject there can be 



liuiijy are of opinioi .<; fleeces of our short- woolled sheep may be so improved 



'-m fit substitutes for .'.isb wiDoL 



' :/tt/' experiment* V. lo breed were begun nearly at the same time with the 



as elevated, exixt^ed, anu unfit for any other purpose than breeding ; and he fixed 



1, as one of tbe finest woolled varieties of British sheep, for crossing with Merino 



I was the improvement of the fleece. 



'lie fourth crouof tltr " -liing to the opinion of sheep cultivators on 



Ijreed of ewes, bow in the fleece, will be to give progeny with 



he Spanidi. Of tin tion, however. Dr. Parry justly expresses 



u from bis own expen^ : ,. .ibers. But it is certain, he adds, that on 



, iji uif>st cascK, effect the de*ii*<l purpuse. If we upix>M?, he says, the result of the admix- 

 Kxl of tbe Merino ram to be always in an exact arithmetical projx>rtion, and state the 



- u) the ee as 0*; then the first cross would give || of the Merino; the second |^; the 



r ni ;,' ; Uie fourtlj |*J; the fifth |f ; the sixth |^, and so on. In other words, the first cross would leave 

 th.riv.'two parts in sixf). four, or half of the English quality -, the second sixteen parts, or one fourth j 

 th< ti/.rd eight part)-, ' ' ' ' ,._--... .^xteenth ; the fifth two parts, or one 



f !; rt , tJifxu\ ; the r w, jf the filamejits of the \Vilt<5ltire, 



'f ..nv othc-r warw . it is ol)viuus, that, according to the 



A^,\C iUUim-nt, it uo^... ;..,...iv v^.i.j .^..^ ....... :^ ...... the hybrid wool of the former to the 



fame fiiitui as tliat ol the latUr, Ihu, be bt-bevto, very txaaly corresponds with the fact. The dif- 



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