432 MODERN FARRIER. 



as well as the hills of Surrey and Kent, and which 

 has lately been much improved both in carcase and 

 wool, being much enlarged forward, carrying a good 

 fore-flank ; and for the short, less fertile, hilly pas- 

 tures is an excellent sort, as feeding close. The 

 sheep are hardy, and disposed to fatten quickly ; 

 and where the ewes are full kept, they frequently 

 produce twin-lambs, nearly in the proportion of 

 one-third of the whole, which are, when dropped, 

 well-wooUed. 



35. The Norfolk Breed. 



In this sort of sheep, the face is black ; the horns 

 large and spiral ; the carcase long, small, weak, and 

 thin ; narrow chine ; large bones ; very long black 

 or grey legs : mutton fine-grained and high-flavour- 

 ed, but does not keep well in hot season. The 

 weight per quarter from ] 6 pounds to 20 pounds. 

 The wool in the best part, short and fine, but part 

 coarse. This breed is chiefly prevalent in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk, where folding is much the practice, as 

 they have the property of travelling well. They 

 are found in disposition to be given to be restless, 

 which renders them unfit stock, except in good in- 

 closures. 



Crosses of the Norfolk, with the South Down and 

 many breeds of other kinds, are met with and high- 

 ly valued in different situations. 



36. The Herclwkk Breed. 



This is a breed which is characterised by Mr. Cul- 

 ley by having no horns, and the face and legs being- 

 speckled: the larger the portion of white, with 

 fewer black spots, the purer the breed; legs fine, 

 small, clean ; the lambs well covered when dropped : 

 the weight per quarter, in the ewes, from 6 pounds 

 to 8 pounds ; in the wedders of four years and a half 

 old, from nine pounds to Impounds; the wool short, 

 thick, and matted in the fleece. It is a breed pecu- 



