. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LITE. 127 Excrescence. EXCRESCENCE. A preternatural growth. EXMOOK SHEEP. A hardy forest breed, native to the hill district of West Somerset and North Devon. Tiie great points of the breed, according to Dixon, are, " A veiy strong constitution, which will bear being buried in a snowdrift for several daj's; a tine curly horn; a broad, square l
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LITE. 127 Excrescence. EXCRESCENCE. A preternatural growth. EXMOOK SHEEP. A hardy forest breed, native to the hill district of West Somerset and North Devon. Tiie great points of the breed, according to Dixon, are, " A veiy strong constitution, which will bear being buried in a snowdrift for several daj's; a tine curly horn; a broad, square loin ; round ribs; a drum-like, and not a square carcass, or short legs ; and a close-set fleece, with wool well up to the ; The Exnioors hold tlieir own against all comers on their native hills ; Ijut as cultivation increases, and turnip-feeding is brought in train, a cross is obtained with the Leicester, to obtain a larger animal of better proof in feeding. These are not such excellent nurses, however, as the old Exmoors, of whom a single ewe will occasionally breed three lambs. FACK. An Irish name for a long-headed spade. Fallow Deer. bining business with pleasure in country districts when the present facilities of commercial intercourse were undreamt of Almost every place of importance had originally its fair held on the feast- day of the saint to wliom the parochial church was dedicated. The majority of these have either iallen into total desuetude or linger only as mere plea- sure-fairs for the periodical appearance of a few caravans and ginijer-bread stalls. When, however, the place hap- pened to be a convenient centre tor traffic in live stock, the flairs, instead of declining, increased in importance, the requirements of the age tending to develope such into large marts of com- mercial traffic. Thus we have at the present day the whole of the agricul- tural fairs of any importance held in a itw of the best market towns in every county. FALCON". A hawk t
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