. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 80 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. THE WENSLEYDALE. The Wensleydale breed is the produce of a cross of the Leicester on a Yorkshire breed somewhat similar to the Lincoln. By continued selection it has become a standard breed having special peculiarities, the chief of which is a bluish tinge in the skin and of the face and ears, sometimes extending all over the body, and being more marked on the bare and hairy parts. It is mostly used for its lambs, which are marketed when a year old and the mutton of which Is of excellent quality. It is use
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 80 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. THE WENSLEYDALE. The Wensleydale breed is the produce of a cross of the Leicester on a Yorkshire breed somewhat similar to the Lincoln. By continued selection it has become a standard breed having special peculiarities, the chief of which is a bluish tinge in the skin and of the face and ears, sometimes extending all over the body, and being more marked on the bare and hairy parts. It is mostly used for its lambs, which are marketed when a year old and the mutton of which Is of excellent quality. It is used mostly for crossing with the black-faced breeds, the peculiar tinge of the skin being thought to throw lambs more like the rams, and being larger and of excellent fattening disposition they are found more. WENSLEYDALE RAM, TEN YEARS OLD. profitable than the smaller pure, black-faces. It is valued for its fleece which has a peculiar curl, called pirls, these being really twists of a corkscrew shape, and which in manu- facturing tend to felt in the goods, giving a very firm and tough cloth used for the hardest wear. The fieece is rather open, long in staple, and wastes but little as compared with the fleece of other sheep in the scouring. This peculiarity of the fleece is extended over the whole of the body, including the head and between the eyes and round the ears; the belly is well covered, as well as the scrotum and down the legs, with downy wool. There is a conspicuous absence of hair in the fleece, which is considered as an objectionable feature by the breeders. The head is of good size, indicating a strong constitution, and is carried high on a strong neck, giving the sheep a. 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 Stewart, Henry. Chicago : American Sheep Breeder Press
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