Wool
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A mid-19th-century encyclopedia article on wool from the sheep-breeding side, taken from the English Encyclopedia. It covers sheep classification, age and teeth, and the qualities of the fleece (fineness, staple, elasticity, felting, and the microscopic serrations of the fibre). It surveys British breeds, both short-woolled (Southdown, Dorset, Ryeland, Cheviot, black-faced Scots) and long-woolled (Leicester, Lincoln, Cotswold), and describes Bakewell's improvements. It ends with shearing, lambing and feeding practice, and the diseases of sheep and their treatment.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1867
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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