Sheep
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Encyclopedia article on sheep from the Encyclopaedia Perthensis (1803), covering the animal's usefulness to humankind, including the many wool trades it supports, and its by-products such as skins, tallow, horn and bone. It describes regional breeds in Britain and Ireland, Mr Bakewell's improved Leicestershire breed, and Spanish transhumant flocks in the Pyrenees. It also discusses the quality of mutton, diseases and remedies (rot, scab, rickets, fly-strike), ram letting prices, and lambing management. Relevance to textiles is mainly the wool source and the list of wool-trade occupations.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1803
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 9
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