. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book VII. VARIETIES OF SHEEP. 1051 7127. The sheep {fig. 885.) are mostly horned, white faced, stand upon hi
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. Book VII. VARIETIES OF SHEEP. 1051 7127. The sheep {fig. 885.) are mostly horned, white faced, stand upon higli small white legs, and are long and thin in the carcass. The wethers, three years and a half old, weigh from 16 to 20 lbs. a quarter. The wool is fine and short, from 3 to 4 lbs. a fleece. The mutton is fine grained and well flavoured. This brfeed has the peculiar property of producing lambs at almost any period of the year, even so early as September and October. They are particularly valued for sup. plying London and other markets with bouse lamb, which is brought to market by Christmas, or sooner if wanted, and after that a con- stant and regular supply is kept up all the winter. 7128. The Wilishirc sheep are a variety of this breed, which, by attention to size, have got considerably more weight; viz. from '20 to 28 lbs. a quarter. These, in general, have no wool upon their bellies, which gives them a very uncouth appearance. The varia- tions of this breed are spread through many of the southern coun- ties, as well as many in the west, viz. Gloucestershire, Worcester. shire, Herefordshire, &c. ; though some of them are very different from the Dorsetshire, yet they are, CuUey apprehends, only variations of this breed, by crossing with dift'erent tups ; and which variations continue northward until they are lost amongst those of the Lincohishire breeds. (Cvlley, p. ) 7129. Tlic Herefordshire breed {Jig. 8Sfi.) is known by the want of horns, and their having i. 88G
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