 | 1886 - 400 σελίδες
...professional breeders." We have an illustration of this in the case of the otter or ancon breed of sheep. "In 1791 a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts, having...otter, or ancon semi-monstrous breed, was raised." * This ram, to begin with, had a prepotent influence to produce offspring like itself. In the second... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 510 σελίδες
...on the west coast of Africa." t " In some few instances new breeds have suddenly originated. Thus, in 1791, a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts having...breed was raised. As these sheep could not leap over fences, it was thought they would be valuable ; but they have been supplanted by merinos, and thus... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 444 σελίδες
...on the west coast of Africa." f " In some few instances new breeds have suddenly originated. Thus, in 1791, a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts having...breed was raised. As these sheep could not leap over fences, it was thought they would be valuable ; but they have been supplanted by merinos, and thus... | |
 | Oscar Schmidt - 1875 - 356 σελίδες
...single individual have lent themselves to the rapid formation of a race. "Thus," as Darwin relates, 41 "in 1791 a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts, having...these sheep could not leap over the fences, it was thought that they would be valuable ; but they have been supplanted by merinos, and thus exterminated.... | |
 | Dr. Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Oscar Schmidt - 1875 - 362 σελίδες
...single individual have lent themselves to the rapid formation of a race. " Thus/' as Darwin relates,41 "in 1791 a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts, having...these sheep could not leap over the fences, it was thought that they would be valuable ; but they have been supplanted by merinos, and thus exterminated.... | |
 | Joseph John Murphy - 1879 - 636 σελίδες
...Ottcr-shcep,BnU-dog,andPuri-doy. — The otter-sheep has already been mentioned ; it was in some degree monstrous, " having short crooked legs, and a long back like a turnspit dog," 2 and was cultivated for some years in the United States, where it arose, because it was unable to... | |
 | Joseph John Murphy - 1879 - 650 σελίδες
...Bidl-dog, and Pug-dog. — The otter-sheep has already been mentioned ; it was in some degree monstrous, " having short crooked legs, and a long back like a turnspit dog," 2 and was cultivated for some years in the United States, where it arose, because it was unable to... | |
 | T Warren O'Neill - 1880 - 482 σελίδες
...Animals and Plants, &c.), " a ram-lamb was born, in Massachusetts, having short, crooked legs, and long back, like a turnspit dog. From this one lamb,...these sheep could not leap over the fences, it was thought, they would be valuable," and it was deemed desirable to increase their number indefinitely.... | |
 | William Keith Brooks - 1883 - 398 σελίδες
...occur in wild forms, although our means of observation do not allow us to prove that this is the case. In 1791 a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts, having...crooked legs and a long back, like a turnspit dog. Prom this one lamb the well-known ancon breed of sheep was raised (Darwin, Variation, I. p. 126). Darwin... | |
 | William Keith Brooks - 1883 - 358 σελίδες
...although our means of observation do not allow us to prove that this is the case. In 1791 a ram-lamb was born in Massachusetts, having short crooked legs...back, like a turnspit dog. From this one lamb the well-known ancon breed of sheep was raised (Darwin, Variation, I. p. 126). Darwin says that in 1828... | |
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in 1791 a ram lamb was born in Massachusetts, having short, crooked legs and a long back like a turnspit dog. From this one lamb the otter or ancon semi-monstrous breed was raised; as these sheep could not leap over the fences, it was thought that they... 
