. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE LINCOLN 637 Mr. Charles Chaplin, a Lincoln breeder, who referred in uncom- plimentary terms to his Leicesters, to a public contest: If you are still desirous of a public exhibition, please to say if you would choose to send on the fifth of July next, to Lincoln or Leicester (as there is a fair at both places on that day), two rams of the " true Lincolnshire long staple," to each place, to be shown against the same number of the Dishley sort (Leicester), weighed alive, killed, and an exact amount given of the carcasses and offals, for
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE LINCOLN 637 Mr. Charles Chaplin, a Lincoln breeder, who referred in uncom- plimentary terms to his Leicesters, to a public contest: If you are still desirous of a public exhibition, please to say if you would choose to send on the fifth of July next, to Lincoln or Leicester (as there is a fair at both places on that day), two rams of the " true Lincolnshire long staple," to each place, to be shown against the same number of the Dishley sort (Leicester), weighed alive, killed, and an exact amount given of the carcasses and offals, for the information of the Fig. 300. Dowsby 350 Guineas, champion Lincoln ram at the 1897 show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Bred by Henry Dudding; owned and exhibited by S. E. Dean & Sons, Dowsby Hall, Folkingham, England. From photograph by the author Mr. Chaplin refused to make the exhibition. During the past century the Lincoln has undergone a steady improvement among the breeders of Lincolnshire. In 1858 Robert Smith wrote ^ that the leading ram breeders of the day were the Messrs. Clarkes, Kirkham, Casswell, Richardson, Chaplin, Gilliott, Torr, Abraham, Lynn, and others. The Dudding family of Riby Grove, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, was especially famous and bred these sheep for about one hundred and seventy-five years, the last member of the family — Henry Dudding, the greatest of modern Lincoln breeders-—-dispersing his flock in 1913. The introduction of Lincoln sheep to America dates back over a century. Prior to 1796 it is stated that some of the old Lincoins '^ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. XIX, p. 383. Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston, New York,
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