. The breeds, management. tofatten, and earlier maturity, and a capability of keeping agreater number on the same extent of land. Nevertheless,the mixed breed now presents the largest sheep in Europe.—(W. C. Spooner.) Mr. Clark, of Canwick, in 1827, exhibited two wethersheep in Lincoln market, the fleeces of which had eachyielded 12 lbs. : They were slaughtered : the carcass ofthe large one weighed 251 lbs.: the fore quarters were eachof them 73 lbs., and the hind quarters, 57-£- lbs. On thetop of the rib, the solid fat measured nine inches in thick-ness! The Lincoln sheep are generally sheare
. The breeds, management. tofatten, and earlier maturity, and a capability of keeping agreater number on the same extent of land. Nevertheless,the mixed breed now presents the largest sheep in Europe.—(W. C. Spooner.) Mr. Clark, of Canwick, in 1827, exhibited two wethersheep in Lincoln market, the fleeces of which had eachyielded 12 lbs. : They were slaughtered : the carcass ofthe large one weighed 251 lbs.: the fore quarters were eachof them 73 lbs., and the hind quarters, 57-£- lbs. On thetop of the rib, the solid fat measured nine inches in thick-ness! The Lincoln sheep are generally sheared in June, aboutten days after being washed; and the average weight ofthe Lincoln fleece, of the present time, is about 7 lbs.—Smearing after shearing is not practiced upon this breed ofsheep. They are permitted to have their first lambs whenabout two years old. This breed, as well as some others,have become much more numerous in England since theintroduction of turnip husbandry. BRITISH MARSH BREED. 83. (ROMNEY MARSH EWE.) The other breed of sheep proper to marsh land, is thatwhich from time immemorial has been found on the south-ern coast of Kent, denominated the Romney Marsh. Thismarsh is nearly on a level with the sea, from which it wasreclaimed many centuries ago, and from its encroachmentis preserved by means of dikes similar to the land of Hol-land. It extends fourteen miles in length, and ten in itsgreatest breadth, and, for the most part, consists of a richclay soil, well adapted for the production of a large breedof sheep. And, consequently, we find they are more nu-merous than on any other space of land of equal extent—itbeing not uncommon for seven young sheep, and as manyfattening wethers, to be placed on an acre. The native breed of this district wrere large, coarse an-imals, though somewhat smaller than the old Lincoln.—They had long, coarse, thick heads and limbs, narrowchests, and flat sides, but with large bellies. They fattedslowly, not
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