172 ' BRITISH BREEDS NOT WIDELY DISTRIBUTED 



THE IIERDWICK 



The Herdwick is a small hardy mountain breed that is little 

 known outside of its native region in North Lincolnshire, Cumber- 

 land, and Westmoorland. The face is either light gray or white, 

 and often the wool on the belly is gray, and an all gray fleece is not 

 considered objectionable. The wool is coarse and in old sheep 

 inclined to be kempy. The rams have horns, but the ewes are 

 hornless (Fig. 115). 





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FIG. 116. Exmoor ram. The Exmoor bears some resemblance to the Dorset Horn. 



Herdwick mutton ranks very high in quality. Ewes drafted 

 from the pure-bred flocks are often taken to lower altitudes, and 

 mated with Leicester and Wensleydale rams for the purpose of 

 producing fat lambs. 



THE EXMOOR 



The Exmoor is a native of the hills of West Somerset and 

 North Devon. It resembles the Dorset Horn somewhat, but it is 

 smaller and the skin at the muzzle is black. 



It is a hardy breed and one of the best to place on poor natural 

 pastures. The ewes are good mothers, and after raising three crops 



