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other breeds of sheep. John Ellman of Glynde, in Sussex, evolved 

 the South Down breed thus, a breed which still keeps the highest 

 reputation for quality. The enthusiasm for improvement in 

 most parts of the country is indicated by the high fees paid for 

 the use of rams. In Northumberland as much as in Leicestershire 

 the possessors of well-bred Leicesters received extraordinary sums. 

 The object and result of most of these experiments in stock- 

 breeding was to produce animals of finer quality. The increasing 



A Cheviot Ram, 1921 (The Conqueror). 



use of horses instead of bullocks for ploughing and carting removed 

 the necessity for attempting to produce a breed that would be 

 equally useful as draught animals and for producing the greatest 

 amount of good beef and milk. It is difficult enough to get 

 a breed which will do the last two things, and it is impossible to 

 find one which at the same time will rival the horse as a working 

 animal. 



Arthur Young was strongly in favour of keeping bullocks for 

 farm work instead of horses, and he pressed his views with undue 



