760 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[9 Dec, 1907 



One of the recognised points of the breed as being true to type is, no 

 wool further forward than where the neck joins the head, and to a great 

 degree, in any breed, this really is where the flesh ends. By keeping 



SOME RECENT IMPORTATIONS BORDER LEICESTER RAM AND EWES. 



the head and ears clear it increases their comfort, especially towards shear- 

 ing time in full wool, and' wHen grass seed is bad. The bareness of leg 

 in times of grass seed is an advantage to them. The idea in wool-carrying 

 capacity is to carry as much as possible of a good style of stuff on the 



