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(2) They are also more prominent in the nose, have 

 whiter faces and legs, but are more inclined to bareness on 

 the belly. 



X. Organizations. 



(1) It is simply unexplainable that a breed which has per- 

 formed so prominent a part in the formation of other breeds 

 should have been so many years without organized protection 

 in Great Britain. 



(2) The American Leicester Breeders' Association was 

 formed in 1888. 



XL Distribution in the United States and 

 Canada. 



(1) Pure bred Leicesters are now recorded from twenty- 

 one states and provinces of Canada. 



(2) In the United States they are most numerously kept 

 in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Nebraska, Iowa and Illi- 

 nois, and in the order named. 



(3) In Canada they are most numerously kept in Ontario, 

 New Brunswick, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and British 

 Columbia, and in the order named. 



(4) It is thought that Ontario possesses more Leicesters 

 than all the states combined. 



XII. Registration in the United States. 



(1) Two volumes of the flock book have been issued 

 and 3,486 animals are recorded, of which 958 are males and 

 2,528 females. 



(2) Owing to their early introduction into this country 

 the number of grades is relatively far greater in proportion to 

 the pure breds than with the other breeds. 



LEADING CHARACTERISTICS. 



I. Relative size. 



(1) Leicesters are not so heavy as the Cotswolds or Lin- 

 coins, but they weigh more than any of the middle wooled 

 breeds unless the Hampshire Down and Oxford Down. 



(2) The average weight of a mature Leicester ram in 

 good flesh may be put at 225 to 250 pounds and of a ewe at 

 175 to 200 pounds. 



II. Adaptability. 



(i) They are specially adapted to arable sections, and 



