. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. erly made the most of his fame. He iiad numerous applica-tions for information and assistance; and inOctober of every year a general sale was heldat Leicester, to which breeders came fromfar and near to buy rams or to hire chief breeders raised annually fromtwenty to forty young rams, which theyleased to the small breeders at a price de-termined by the genealogy and pure bloodof the animals. Nothing was spared for theproper bringing up and well-being of thesesheep. In winter they were well housedand plentifully suppli
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. erly made the most of his fame. He iiad numerous applica-tions for information and assistance; and inOctober of every year a general sale was heldat Leicester, to which breeders came fromfar and near to buy rams or to hire chief breeders raised annually fromtwenty to forty young rams, which theyleased to the small breeders at a price de-termined by the genealogy and pure bloodof the animals. Nothing was spared for theproper bringing up and well-being of thesesheep. In winter they were well housedand plentifully supplied with oats, cabbage,and turnips, and in the spring the firstclover was theirs. After a time the too great refining awayof the Leicester race injured its reputation,and breeders began to cross it with thecoarser and stronger Lincolnshire has come the present Lincolnbreed, which resembles the Leicester in all itsgood qualities, but has a stronger bone struc-ture, is more robust, and is better able to resistthe influences of weather. The race has many. A Ram Photo J. T. Newman. HerklKinipstead subvarieties, which are all, in general, strongand well formed, bearing long fleeces of goodquality. Sometimes a band of the fleece is lefton the animals shoulder when sheared, to show 178 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS the natural length of the wool. Rams of thisLincoln race are sometimes sold in England foras much as five thousand dollars, but never asyet have they reached that price in this country. The Cotswold breed, originating in the moun-tainous regions of that name, resembles in manyways the two preceding races, but it is not sostout and its legs are longer, giving it a moreactive and lively appearance. It is also distin-guished by the handsome tuft on its forehead. The Long-wool Devon breed is also a partof this group; it is heavy, with long legs, and Leicester, Lincoln, and Cotswold breeds havebeen imported to the United States for a greatmany years, and now we have
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