Excerpt from Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry Having no such assistance now, I shall confine my descriptions chie y to those varieties of which I can speak from an ample personal experience. These include the Merinos which, at various periods, have been imported from Spain, France, and Germany into the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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Excerpt from Sheep and Wool: A Review of the Progress of American Sheep Husbandry There was little excitement about the earlier importations up to 1807 Then the difficulties with England and, France called attention to the necessity of providing a domestic supply Of wool, the embargo intensified popular interest in the matter, and the war of 1812 shut Off foreign supplies. It is not strange that prices rose to the extreme of per pound for wool and or more for a pure - bred sheep. After peace was declared, however, and a flood of foreign goods was admitted, they became a drug in the market at a dollar a head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.