Randall, Henry S. The Practical Shepherd: A Complete Treatise on the Breeding, Management and Diseases of Sheep; With Illustrations. Rochester, N. Y.: D. D. T. Moore, 1863. Ninth Edition. [10155]
Faded publisher's cloth, decorated in blind & gilt, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, tight. Frontis engraving of the Merino ram "Sweepstakes," foxed with tidemark. 454, [1] pp., faint tidemark on some leaves. Good. Hardcover.
The author says in his Introduction that it had been eighteen years since a comprehensive work on American sheep management had been published, and during that time, the old American breeds of sheep had been superseded by new ones.
"In the mean time, a great change - almost an entire revolution - has taken place in the character of American sheep, and in the systems of American sheep husbandry. The fine-wool families which existed here in 1845 have, under a train of circumstances which will be found recorded in this volume, mostly passed away; and they have been succeeded by a new family, developed in our own country, which calls for essentially different standards of breeding and modes of practical treatment."