Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 165
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completely to get the better of them by reducing and equalizing the condition of the Sheep - by introducing, perhaps, in a modified degree, the German System of Shelter, against the Weather - by better washing and assorting, and by a lighter pressure of the Bales. The two latter improvements, are already in operation. - how far the former may be successfully adopted, it is difficult to say. The attempt is well worth the making upon a small scale. The great objection I had always heard brought forward, against the German System, were unhealthiness and expense. Now I did not find the number of Men to 1000 Sheep, to be greater than we employ; nor did I find the flocks in Saxony unhealthy. I saw no instance of Scab. The Shepherds knew it only by name. Foot rot does not