. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE LEICESTER 431 breeding. About 1799 or 1800 the first pure-breds brought to America were imported to Quebec, Canada, by Reverend Mr. Toofy. In 1806 John Hart of Cheshire, Massachusetts, secured a ram, and about 1805 or 1806 Captain Beanes of New Jersey brought some pure-bred rams and ewes from England and disposed of them to a retired ship captain, George Farmer, living near New Brunswick, New Jersey. These Beanes Leices- ters were carefully and successfully bred and attained a wide reputation. Captain Farmer selling some rams for as much as $
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE LEICESTER 431 breeding. About 1799 or 1800 the first pure-breds brought to America were imported to Quebec, Canada, by Reverend Mr. Toofy. In 1806 John Hart of Cheshire, Massachusetts, secured a ram, and about 1805 or 1806 Captain Beanes of New Jersey brought some pure-bred rams and ewes from England and disposed of them to a retired ship captain, George Farmer, living near New Brunswick, New Jersey. These Beanes Leices- ters were carefully and successfully bred and attained a wide reputation. Captain Farmer selling some rams for as much as $1000 per head. From New Jersey and other states came a large demand for sheep from the Farrrier flock. Miles Smith, a neighbor of Farmer, and Joseph Cooper of Flemington, New Jersey, also became prominent breeders. The craze for Merino sheep, however, was on in America, and by 1818, when Farmer died, there were no pure Leicesters on his or Smith's farms. During the War of 1812 Christopher Dunn estab- lished the first pure-bred flock of this breed in New York, near Albany, they being stock destined for Canada, but captured by an American privateer. There were importations to New York in 1826 by J. S. Skinner, in 1831 by D. Stockdale, and in 1835 by John Baker. The first Leicesters which found their way to Ohio were brought here in 1834 by Isaac Maynard of Coshocton County, who also brought other breeds for trial. Henry Parsons of Massillon in 1840 had a large flock of breeding ewes. There are two types of Leicester sheep, the Bakewell or true Leicester and the Border Leicester. The Bakewell type of Leicester in general appearance is white in color, large, long-wooled, very wide of back, and tends to be long. Fig. 201. A Border Leicester ram owned by Alexander Cross, Knockdon, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Photograph by the author. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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