Observations on live stock, containing hints for choosing and improving the best breeds of the most useful kinds of domestic animals / By George Culley.

  • George Culley
Date:
1786
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Credit: Observations on live stock, containing hints for choosing and improving the best breeds of the most useful kinds of domestic animals / By George Culley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 4 Obfervations on adapted to the education of many of our farmers, as it ought to be: He is far too concife in regard to the differ- ent breeds of fheep belonging to this ifland, and has faid nothing at all re- lative to the various breeds of cattle; * and befkies, tho’ his defcriptions have much merit, yet I fhall venture to dif- fer from him in fome particulars con- cerning the fliape of cattle and fheep, which will be pointed out in their proper places.—As I do not profefs any great fhare of knowledge in re- gard to horfes, I fhall confequently fay lefs concerning them than the other kinds of flock, with which I have been more converfant, and to which I have paid more attention, particularly fheep. However, as horfes are univerfally allowed to be among ft the moil ufeful animals of the crea- tion, we fhall give them the firfl place in our narration. In
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