. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 4i6 SHEEP. Fig. 193. Trinlieknowe (1327), a Cheviot show and stud ram owned by J. R. C. Smith, Mow- haugh, Scotland. Photograph from the owner a Mr. Robson, by use of sheep from Lincolnshire, is credited with much improving the breed. In the last century Mr. Thomas Elliott of Under Hindhope, Jedburgh, was a famous breeder and improver. The introduction of the Cheviot to the United States first occurred in 1838, by Robert Youngs of Delhi, Delaware County, New York. They had some time previously been imported into Canada by a Mr. Pope of Cookshire,
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 4i6 SHEEP. Fig. 193. Trinlieknowe (1327), a Cheviot show and stud ram owned by J. R. C. Smith, Mow- haugh, Scotland. Photograph from the owner a Mr. Robson, by use of sheep from Lincolnshire, is credited with much improving the breed. In the last century Mr. Thomas Elliott of Under Hindhope, Jedburgh, was a famous breeder and improver. The introduction of the Cheviot to the United States first occurred in 1838, by Robert Youngs of Delhi, Delaware County, New York. They had some time previously been imported into Canada by a Mr. Pope of Cookshire, Quebec. In 1842 George Lough and a Mr. David- son of Delaware County, New York, made importa- tions. In 1845 T. J. Car- michael imported three rams and six ewes to Jef- ferson County, Wisconsin. Cheviots were introduced into Pennsylvania in 1889 by T. M. Patterson, into Illinois in 1888 by E. Pumphrey, and into Indiana in 1891 by H. H. Keim. Characteristics of the Cheviot. The head is usually hornless and is covered with hard, white, short hair to behind the ear and around the jaw. The lips and nostrils should be black, though frequently they are mottled flesh colored and black. The nose should be broad, with a Roman curve to a slight degree. The head is short and broad between the prominent, large eyes. The ears are white and free from wool, and are thinner and longer than the Shropshire ear. The Cheviot shoulder is lighter than with lowland breeds, and the body lacks the breadth of the Shropshire and Southdown. The skin is unusually pink and rich in color. The fleece covers the body and extends up the neck to behind the ears, forming a sort of collar, and covering the legs to knees and hocks. The fleece is of the middle-wool, combing class, is neither fine nor coarse of staple, and averages about four inches long. Sometimes the wool on the lower, back part of the thigh is long and tends to be hairy, a very objectionable feature. The head and ears often have small black spots
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