. Productive sheep husbandry . Sheep. 172 BRITISH BREEDS NOT WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THE HEEDWICK The Herdwiek is a small hardy mountain breed that is little known outside of its native region in North Lincolnshire, Cumber- land, and Westmoorland. The face is either light gray or white, and often the wool on the belly is gray, and an all gray fleece is not considered objectionable. The wool is coarse and in old sheep inclined to be kempy. The rams have horns, but the ewes are hornless (Fig. 115).. Fig. 116.—Exmoor ram. The Exmoor bears some resemblance to tlie Dorset Horn. Herdwiek mutton ranks ver
. Productive sheep husbandry . Sheep. 172 BRITISH BREEDS NOT WIDELY DISTRIBUTED THE HEEDWICK The Herdwiek is a small hardy mountain breed that is little known outside of its native region in North Lincolnshire, Cumber- land, and Westmoorland. The face is either light gray or white, and often the wool on the belly is gray, and an all gray fleece is not considered objectionable. The wool is coarse and in old sheep inclined to be kempy. The rams have horns, but the ewes are hornless (Fig. 115).. Fig. 116.—Exmoor ram. The Exmoor bears some resemblance to tlie Dorset Horn. Herdwiek mutton ranks very high in quality. Ewes drafted from the pure-bred flocks are often taken to lower altitudes, and mated with Leicester and Wensleydale rams for the purpose of producing fat lambs. \ THE EXMOOR 1 The Exmoor is a native of the hills of West Somerset and North Devon. It resembles the Dorset Horn somewhat, but it is smaller and the skin at the muzzle is black. It is a hardy breed and one of the best to place on poor natural pastures. The ewes are good mothers, and after raising three crops. 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 Coffey, Walter Castella, 1877-. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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