Sheep, breeds and management . d in bothsexes, white-faced, covered well with dense wool of ratherlong staple, and massed together after the style of theLeicester. It is much smaller than the Dartmoor sheep, and has moreof the character of a mountaineer. The Somerset and Dorset Hornsconstitute another very distinct breed, by no means resem-bling the last two. The white face, pink nose, horns andshort wool, as well as the lighter form, closely mark out theDorset horn as a definite race. COTSWOLDS AND LeICESTERS. These two races are easily distinguished. The Cotswoldfleece is usually seen in bol
Sheep, breeds and management . d in bothsexes, white-faced, covered well with dense wool of ratherlong staple, and massed together after the style of theLeicester. It is much smaller than the Dartmoor sheep, and has moreof the character of a mountaineer. The Somerset and Dorset Hornsconstitute another very distinct breed, by no means resem-bling the last two. The white face, pink nose, horns andshort wool, as well as the lighter form, closely mark out theDorset horn as a definite race. COTSWOLDS AND LeICESTERS. These two races are easily distinguished. The Cotswoldfleece is usually seen in bold, open curls, contrasting with the io8 SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. closely turned spiral curl of the Leicester wool or the densemassive wool of the Lincoln. The Cotswold also boasts arather long and erectly-carried head, and long top-knot,whereas both Leicester and Lincoln have short and horizontalnecks, and a tuft of wool rather than a flowing features of the Cotswold are finer in outline, narrower,and THE EWE FLOCK. I09 CHAPTER XII. THE MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP. The Ewe Flock. The flock is always composed of ewes of various has been said of late years upon the advantage ofbreeding from ewe lambs, but I cannot approve the will not be hurried with impunity, and for an animalto undergo the trials of maternity when it is not itself arrivedat half its proper size is repugnant to her laws. If ampleframes are to be perpetuated, the females should be fairlymature before they are placed in the breeding flock, and thisis best accomplished by allowing them to bring their first lambat two years old. This opinion may be challenged, but uponwhat ground but that of greed can the alternative be defended ?Let anyone apply the rule to the case of other animals, and hewill see that to begin breeding from females at too early anage is inconsistent with common sense. The case of sheep ispeculiar in this respect, that there is no choice betweenlambin
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