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Sheep husbandry in Canada .: A12-8/30-1937E-PDF

A comprehensive treatise on sheep husbandry and the sheep industry, including information on breeds of sheep, marketing, feeds and feeding, sheep barns, diseases of sheep, and the wool industry.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Agriculture.
  • Canada. Live Stock Branch.
TitleSheep husbandry in Canada .
Series title
  • Farmers' bulletin ; 30
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "Issued May 1937. Revision."
  • "The original edition of this bulletin was prepared by J.B. Spencer who was Assistant to the Live Stock Commissioner. The present edition has been revised and re-edited by A.A. MacMillan, Associate Chief, Field Services, Live Stock Branch."-- p.[3].
  • Issued also in French under title: L'élevage du mouton au Canada.
  • Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
  • Historical review -- The mutton sheep -- Leading breeds of sheep -- Establishing a flock of commercial sheep -- Types of mutton sheep -- Mutton production in Great Britain -- Fattening sheep and lambs in Canada -- From the block to the table -- Handling sheep -- The great neglect -- Feeds and feeding -- Sheep barns -- Sheep as weed destroyers -- Animal enemies of the sheep -- Diseases of sheep / by the late J.G. Rutherford -- The Canadian wool industry -- Index.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Field Services, Live Stock Branch,1937.
Author / Contributor
  • Spencer, J. B.
  • MacMillan, A. A.
Description112 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • A12-8/30-1937E-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberPublication 561
Edition
  • 8th ed.
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