Identifier: farmerstockbreed3321unse (find matches)
Title: Farmer and stockbreeder
Year: 1889 (1880s)
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Publisher: London
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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e thut tin-.Middle WhitQ it not n Minall pig, art it« nanm inipli(!«. , 1 II It has been siiggosted to me by several well-known Middio While breeder<s that we shoiihlhave a meeting within the next forty-eight daysof all members of the National Iig Hree.ler,Ass.iciation interested in the Mid<lle White breerjto disciiHS what methods of reorganisal ion wo ildbo most Itendicial for the welfare of the breed.1 shall be only too pleased to assist this move-ment in any way whatever, so that when woappear at the extraordinary mceling wc shalldefinitely know what we require. Will Midille White breeders or those interestedin the Mi<l<l!c White breed either write to nie orto Mr. llollaud, Feene lIou«e, Newington, nearFolkestone, suggesting a pla<-c ami time? ShcuhlLondon be suggested as a convenient place otineeting, I ehall be only too pleased to place aroom in my town house, 24.5, Knightsbndge,S.W. 7, at their disnosaL—I am, etc., M. J. Rowlands, M.D. Nash Farm, Keston, Kent
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;„1 wessex SsMleb^ck Boar ■■ ASHE PLANT 72 ...i .y<-.,ml. ROMSEY.—S. Melchet Cooper—1st Bath and H exL, Salisbury, and Ut and special, joi uesi j that instead of tho wool rov-enno lieing £180, itwill be i;i0.5, a difference of i;225; tliis ieaveft theflockmaster in all some .£400 more income. Sheep fanning turns to a great extent on cerealprices, and with every prospect of cereal pricesremaining remunerative for some years, I amcertain sheep are in for a good time. One ofthe most Suitable breeds of sheep for tlie close/olding system in moderately dry or dry districtB5s the Southdown. The Southdown will standvery clo.e folding, as many as three sheep to thewattle; .this means concentrated treading andmanuring to light, thin lands. At least threeSonthdowns can be kept upon the same quantityof food as two of the larger breeds. During control Southdown mutton fetched thesame price as flie other coarse kinds. Previousto control it made 2d. to 3d. a lb. more, owing toits fine

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