Marks of a good Ram.
The best sort of Rams are high and long of Body, great Belly, well covered with Wooll, long and thick Tail, the
The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.
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- The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.
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- Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
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- London :: printed for S. Lee, stationer, over against the post-office in Lombard-street,
- 1679.
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- Domestick animals -- Early works to 1800.
- Horses -- Early works to 1800.
- Swine -- Early works to 1800.
- Sheep -- Early works to 1800.
- Cows -- Early works to 1800.
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"The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71265.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Fore-head broad and thick with Hair, the Eyes black, covered round about with much Wooll, great Cods, broad Loins, great Ears, covered with Wooll; the whole Fleece of one Co∣lour, well Horned; the Tongue and the Pallate all White; for if the Tongue or undermost part of the Tongue should be black or speckled, notwith∣standing his Body is all White, yet the Colour of the Lambs which he produces will be Speckled, Gray, or Black, and therefore less esteemed for profit: It is better that the Ram hath Horns than not, for the Ram that hath no Horns, is as a Man disarmed, and is not so valiant to fight, nor so hot after the Yew.