 It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock would be capable of maintaining.  The New England Farmer - Page 781852Full view - About this book
 | England - 1824 - 758 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into...them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. Well may the shepherd feel an interest in his dog ; he is indeed the fellow... | |
 | 1824 - 984 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a slock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into...houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the proñts of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. Well may the shepherd feel an interest in his... | |
 | Scotland - 1824 - 792 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into...them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. Well may the shepherd feel an interest in his dog ; he is indeed the fellow... | |
 | James Hogg - 1829 - 694 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into...would be capable of maintaining. Well may the shepherd feel an interest in his dog ; he it is indeed that earns the family's bread, of which he is himself... | |
 | James Hogg - Fiction - 1829 - 242 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drivtthem to markets, than the profits of the whole stock would be capable of maintaining. Well may... | |
 | James Hogg - Scotland - 1837 - 382 pages
...mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into...would be capable of maintaining. Well may the shepherd feel an interest in his dog ; he it is indeed that earns the family s bread, of which he is himself... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1852 - 660 pages
...Well might a popular writer say, " Without the shepherd's dog, the mountainous land in England and Scotland would not be worth sixpence. It would require...force them into houses and folds, and drive them to market, than the profits of the whole would be capable of maintaining." And though, this may be more... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...be incurred, in the absence of these animals, by the employment of herdsmen to manage the sheep, to gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and to drive them to markets, would be more than the profits of the whole flock would be capable of maintaining.... | |
 | 1846 - 610 pages
...be incurred, in the absence of these animals, by the employment of herdsmen to manage the sheep, to gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and to drive them to markets, would be more than the profits of the whole flock would be capable of maintaining.... | |
 | 1846 - 810 pages
...be incurred, in the absence of these animals, by the employment of herdsmen to manage the sheep, to gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and to drive them to markets, would be more than the profits of the whole flock would be capable of maintaining.... | |
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