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Definition of Merinos
1. merino [n] - See also: merino
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merinos
Literary usage of Merinos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Agriculturist (1843)
"SHEEP, PAULAR merinos. To THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST—SIR : I am a
reader of your paper, and always much interested by what you have to say ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Because of the multiplicity of score-cards for merinos, no one of which can be
considered ... Successful importation of merinos to America began in 1801, ..."
3. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1912)
"Probably the oldest races of domesticated sheep are the various families of merinos.
Most they have felt the molding hand of man, most they seem to diverge ..."
4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1850)
"THE FRENCH OR RAMBOUILLET merinos.—The breeds of sheep originally belonging to
France, varied in character with the face of the country, and the nature of ..."
5. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1865)
"SPANISH merinos AND THEIR MANAGEMENT, BY HENRY BOYNTON, WOODSTOCK, ... BUT a
little more than fifty years ago the first pair of Spanish merinos ever ..."
6. The Domestic Sheep: Its Culture and General Management by Henry Stewart (1900)
"And by March, the feed was raised to 1 6-10 Ibs. for top Shrops, 1 3-10 Ibs.
for top merinos an;l Mexicans, and 1 2-10 Ibs. for each of the smaller lots. ..."
7. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"... 1723 imported a small flock of merinos. It was a hazardous—it appeared to be
a presumptuous, and an almost insane attempt, and this spirited individual ..."
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