. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF SWINE. 45]. ivithout minute examination. As to this figure of the ewe it is evi- dently that of a young one, probably a maiden ewe or gimmer, or at most with the first lamb. Plate XXVIII. exhibits a group oifat tvethers of the 3 native breeds we have been considering and illus- trating ; but all the animals com- posing the group are by no means alike favorable specimens of their respective breeds. The Black-faced wether is a good s
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF SWINE. 45]. ivithout minute examination. As to this figure of the ewe it is evi- dently that of a young one, probably a maiden ewe or gimmer, or at most with the first lamb. Plate XXVIII. exhibits a group oifat tvethers of the 3 native breeds we have been considering and illus- trating ; but all the animals com- posing the group are by no means alike favorable specimens of their respective breeds. The Black-faced wether is a good specimen, and many such are brought fat to the Edinburgh market every winter. They are fed in Forfar, Fife, and Perth shires, on turnips in winter, but the finest fat are those fed on turnips in East-Lothian—that coun- ty affording by far the best feeding land for stock in Scotland. The Cheviot is evidently not a wether, ^"^ "^^° ""^ * black-faced ewe. being only a dinmont, and not pure bred ; and on both these accounts is not a ripe specimen. The letter P is left on the rump to show the tar-mark of the farm on which, or the name of the farmer by whom it had been bred. The lightness of the fore-quarter, characteristic of this breed is, however, very well shown in the figure. It is rare to meet with Leicester wethers now-a-days, the dinmonts attaining a sufficient degree of fatness for all use- ful purposes. The figure in the Plate is a dinmont, and not a favorable speci- men, not being pure bred, and too small for the breed. The characteristic distinctions of the three breeds ai'e, however, sufficiently marked in the heads of the figures given in the Plate. A desire seems to be spreading in this country for the naturalization of the Alpaca from South America. It is the opinion of those who have seen the Alpaca in its native country, that it would thrive w^ell on our highest mountains, upon the coarsest fare that can be obtained—upon what, in fact, is ref
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