. The sheep and lamb, a practical manual on the sheep and lamb in health and disease . hey im-proved the size, wool, and quality. The old Leicesters are of an exceedingly fatty nature, much disliked bythe butcher, cutting perhaps less lean to the fat thanany other breed. Years ago peoples tastes were moreeasily pleased than at the present day, and taking intoconsideration the aptness to feed, the wool, and size ofthese sheep, they stood in good demand amongst Mid-land graziers, for they could accommodate themselvesto many varieties of soil. The Lincolns are a grand breed, and in that richcount
. The sheep and lamb, a practical manual on the sheep and lamb in health and disease . hey im-proved the size, wool, and quality. The old Leicesters are of an exceedingly fatty nature, much disliked bythe butcher, cutting perhaps less lean to the fat thanany other breed. Years ago peoples tastes were moreeasily pleased than at the present day, and taking intoconsideration the aptness to feed, the wool, and size ofthese sheep, they stood in good demand amongst Mid-land graziers, for they could accommodate themselvesto many varieties of soil. The Lincolns are a grand breed, and in that richcounty come to very large weights, while their wool iscorrespondingly abundant. These, however, in com-mon with other long-woolled sheep, lack quality inmutton, while the bone is coarse. They need rich land,too, and if run on lean pastures soon languish and falla prey to some of the numerous diseases to which ill-nourished sheep are subject. We have seen some ex-ceedingly fine flocks of sheep raised by crossing theseanimals with the Shropshire Downs —indeed, for fat VARIOUS BREEDS. II. 12 THE SHEEP AND LAMB. lambs a mixture of these with the Dorset will give allthat is desired. Although these large breeds of long-woolled sheep are fair mothers, the lambs are by nomeans hard, and need the attention of a careful shep-herd for the first week. In any case the percentage ofmortality is much greater than in the smaller and moreactive kinds. The * Hampshire Downs are black-faced, largerthan the South Downs, and much coarser in everyfeature. They are a hardy race, thriving well eitherbetween the hurdles or on the Downs from whencethey take their name. Although nearly or quite aslarge as the Shropshire, tliey lack the uniform featuresand the stately gait of that grand breed. Still, hard-ness of constitution may be considered a characteristicof the Hants, while the wool, though short, is of goodquality. These sheep have been much improved withinthe last half century. Another English breed w
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