This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive exposition on the feeding and management of sheep. Complete with detailed discussion, and a wealth of interesting and practicable information, this text constitutes a great addition to collections of farming literature. The chapters include: Why the Sheep has a Golden Hoof, Because it Brings Enrichment to the Soil, Because it is the Unchangeable Foe of Weeds, Because of the Dual Return given Annually, Fertility is to be Reckoned with Profits, What Sheep Remove from the Soil, The Fertility Removed in Carcass and Wool, etcetera. We are proud to...

This special re-print edition of Thomas Shaw's book "Animal Breeding" is a complete guide to the breeding. Written in 1911 by one of the leading professsors of Animal Husbandry of his day, this text includes details about the art of breeding all types of domestic animals for production, performance or exhibition. Chapters include Breeding Livestock, A Standard of Excellence, The Law That Like Produces Like, The Law on Principle of Variation, The Law of Atavism, Heridity of Normal, Abnormal and Acquired Characters, Heredity of Diseases, The Law of Correlation, Prepotency, In and In Breeding,...