Excerpt from Management and Feeding of Sheep

That sheep husbandry in America is not yet beyond the threshold of possible advancement cannot be gainsaid, and that such is the fact is exceedingly unfortunate for American agriculture. Great Britain alone has nearly half as many sheep as all the United States. The reason why the industry thus languishes cannot be discussed here. This book has been written in the hope that it may aid in some degree in giving this exceedingly important industry that place which it should occupy in the agriculture of this continent.

Several excellent works on sheep have been written in America, but in none of these has the discussion been confined to feeding and management. In all of them the breeds and breeding have been more or less dwelt upon, and just to that extent has the space been curtailed that could have been given to discussing feeding and management. No work has been written previously which dwells solely upon these phases of sheep husbandry. That there is room for such a work will be conceded by all who have thought upon the question.

In writing this treatise, the Author has aimed to give in orderly sequence and in simple language the subjects discussed and everything pertaining to the discussion of the various phases of these. The effort has also been made to discuss both feeding and management with such fullness and comprehensiveness as would not be inconsistent with conciseness of statement. The breeds of sheep, the general subject of breeding and the general principles that relate to feeding are not dwelt upon, as these have been discussed at some length in works previously written by the Author.

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