Sheep, breeds and management . IMPROVED LINCOLN SHEEP. 23 not without interest. It is life-like, and so similar to whathappens even now when rival breeders take a sly peep ateach others proceedings as to be also instructive. Not quitedignified, perhaps, but truly showing that one touch ofnature makes the world akin. The new or improved Lincoln is the product of Leicestercrosses upon the old Lincoln. He is truly a magnificentcreature of true long-woolled character, requiring rich pas-tures and plenty of space. The farmers of Lincolnshireare justly proud of their breed, and we see that Mr. Rewsp
Sheep, breeds and management . IMPROVED LINCOLN SHEEP. 23 not without interest. It is life-like, and so similar to whathappens even now when rival breeders take a sly peep ateach others proceedings as to be also instructive. Not quitedignified, perhaps, but truly showing that one touch ofnature makes the world akin. The new or improved Lincoln is the product of Leicestercrosses upon the old Lincoln. He is truly a magnificentcreature of true long-woolled character, requiring rich pas-tures and plenty of space. The farmers of Lincolnshireare justly proud of their breed, and we see that Mr. Rewspeaks of them as * this famous old breed, showing thatthe controversy of the closing years of the last century isforgotten. As a mutton sheep he is inferior to the Downbreeds so far as quality is concerned, but for exportation forcrossing purposes no class of sheep is in greater demand, andvery high prices are paid for good LINCOLN RAMS. 24 SHEEP : BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. CHAPTER BORDER LEICESTER. The Border Leicester sheep is full of interest to north-country farmers. Not only has it achieved an independentposition as a breed, but it has out-rivalled in its distribution,as well as in its value, the original Dishley stock from whichit is descended. It is not too much to say that the BorderLeicester is the mainstay of Border counties farming. It isconstantly crossed both with Cheviots and Blackfaces for thepurpose of breeding wether lambs, and it is also well main-tained as pure-bred stock over many large districts, while itsimprovement has been, and is, carried on with great enthu-siasm and judgment. At the Windsor Show the Border Leicester breedersappeared in equal force with the Leicester men—seven toseven—and those who stopped to converse with the shep-herds and masters of the Scotch contingent must have beenstruck with their keen appreciation of points and their loveof the race which they t
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