The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . showing the means adopted by Mr. Bakewell by which theNew Leicester was brought to its present perfection of car-case, and extraordinary early maturity. the old LEICESTER. SHEEP. This was a large, heavy, coarse-wooled breed, commonto most of the midland counties, and reaching from the southof Yorkshire, and as far as Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. * Luccock. 116 BRITISH BREEDS. It had a white face, no horns—it was long and thin in thecarcase, flat-sided, with large bones—thick, rough, and white
The American shepherd: being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases . showing the means adopted by Mr. Bakewell by which theNew Leicester was brought to its present perfection of car-case, and extraordinary early maturity. the old LEICESTER. SHEEP. This was a large, heavy, coarse-wooled breed, commonto most of the midland counties, and reaching from the southof Yorkshire, and as far as Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. * Luccock. 116 BRITISH BREEDS. It had a white face, no horns—it was long and thin in thecarcase, flat-sided, with large bones—thick, rough, and whitelegs—and weighing, the ewe from 15 to 20 lbs., and thewether from 20 to 30 lbs. the quarter. It was covered withwool from 10 to 14 inches in length, coarse in quality, andweighing from 8 to 13 lbs. The pelt and offal were thickand coarse ; the animal was a slow feeder, and the flesh wascoarse-grained, and with little flavor. NEW LEICESTER. SHEEP. The following description of the New Leicester will showthe reader in what respects Mr. Bakewell effiected his im-provement over the old
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