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ruary, 1862, was shown to be : The Teeswater cross, lis. 7^d. ; 

 the North sheep, 12s. 6^d. ; the Lincolns, 11. 10s. 6d. ; the 

 Southdowns, 17s. Sd. ; the Shropshire Downs, 11. 5s. lO^d. ; 

 the Leicesters, 11. 2s. 6d. ; and the Cotswolds, 14s. 9^d. The 

 whole of the sheep were sold on the same day in the Leeds 

 market. It will be seen from the above that the Lincoln 

 jsheep showed a marked superiority over the other breeds. 



