Sheep
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A long encyclopedia article on sheep from Rees's Cyclopaedia (1819), covering British and foreign breeds, their wool, crossing and breeding, feeding, folding, lambing, shearing, sheep houses and the economics of grazing. It includes tables comparing breeds by fleece weight, mutton weight and age at slaughter, and tables of wool and sheep prices. It also discusses the influence of soil on wool quality and the use of different wools by manufacturers. It is mainly an agricultural source, useful to textile researchers for early 19th-century wool and fleece background.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1819
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 61
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