THE LIVE STOCK OF THE FARM. 593 



etand parallel, neither in nor out ; the twist or junction of the inside of 

 the thighs, wide and proportionate to the distance of the fore-arms, so 

 that the pillars of support accord in due symmetry with each other, well 

 supporting a rounded and developed volume of carcass. The belt should 

 be moderately thin, and the wool fine, bright, and soft. 



Foremost among the long wools stands the Lincoln on account of the 

 it weight, and the lustrous character of its fleece. The native sheep 

 of the district of Lincoln Heath and wold were originally crossed with 

 the Leicester and have been much improved, not only in weight and 

 (Duality of wool, but weight of carcass, symmetry, aptitude to fatten, and 

 early maturity have also been improved. With this understanding the 

 following is a description of the old stamp of Lincoln : 



The head is small, compact, and hornless ; the face of moderate length, 



and, to use a sculptor's phrase, neatly outlined and chiselled ; the lips 



being thin and definite, and the space between the nostrils narrow but 



sharp. The face should be dashed with brownish grey ; the forehead, the 



8, and the space between the ears well covered with wool. The eye 



ild be clear and bright, but not prominent. The neck should have 



a graceful tournure, thin at its junction with the head, but enlarging 



irds the shoulders and chest, The breast should be prominent, wide, 



and deep. The set-on of the shoulder blades should be oblique, and the 



ribs should arch boldly, so as to produce a well-barrelled carcass. The 



loin should be broad and flat, the rump long and broad, the tail set-on 



high, that is, on a level with the back, the hips wide, and close up to the 



til) on each side. The belly should be well supported and straight, 



and aUo covered with wool. The limbs should be far apart, muscular, 



full ; the shanks clean, fine boned, well knit, and covered with short 



woolly hair of a rusty grey or brown tint. The fleece should be short, 



fine, curled and free from kemps or projecting hairs. 

 Let us n-xt turn to tin- < 'heviot sheep, now improved by crossing with 

 rs. Tin- head is bare and clean, the ears are rather IOIILT, the 

 chaHVon >oni'-what convex, and the jaws are considerably elongated; the 



nerly dusky, as were also the limbs is now white. The nee 1 . 

 full and round, the client open, and the -vnrral cmitour of the body round 

 and full. The l.-;_^ an- rlran, and clad with wool to the kn.-r joints and 

 .s. Th- of a medium length, elns-srt and tine, and should 



jiial in point of quality < part ; it is, how. \ r, apt to be curled 



about the shoulders, and coarser on the hips, tail, and belly, than e! 

 re; but in the impn>\ ks a great difference t ace. 



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