102 SHEEP I BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



between Montgomery and Shropshire. This tract ha for 

 many years past been mostly under cultivation, and the im- 

 provement of its sheep has progressed with the developm nt 

 of its agriculture. The hardy Clun Forest ewes have be n 

 mated with Shropshire and Ryeland rams, and the result has 

 been an improved type of sheep, which still bear the old 

 name. Like all composite breeds not boasting a long lineage, 

 the breed has scarcely yet advanced to a fixed or undeviating 

 type. The colour of the face varies from fawn-coloured 

 broken with white, to black or mottled. Both wool and meat 

 are of excellent quality, and the race also is possessed of the 

 valuable property of early maturity. 



KERRY HILL SHEEP. 



These sheep take their name from the Kerry Hills ot 

 Montgomeryshire, Wales. The breed seems to have origin- 

 ated in the purchase from Radnorshire of rams of mixed Clun 

 Forest and Shropshire blood, which were crossed with the 

 ewes of the Kerry district. The effect was such that after a 

 few years the order was reversed and the Radnorshire breeders 

 became buyers of the improved rams in the Kerry district. 

 The Kerry breed boasts a Society and Flock Book, and has 

 been exported into Government Farms in British East Africa 

 and America. The sheep may be described as an improved 

 Welsh breed of moderate size, containing the weight of a 

 lowland race, with great hardihood of constitution. They 

 require little attention during lambing and are prolific as 

 regards twinning. They are generally hornless, although 

 small horns (snags) appear occasionally on rams. The face 

 is speckled, black and white. The fleece is of short- woolled 

 and fine character. The wethers attain a carcase weight of 

 about 80 Ib. on ordinary feeding, but the first prize pen of 

 three at the Smithfield Show of 1908 scaled 6 cwt. at 

 20 months old. The carcase points are all that could be 

 wished, and the head is well carried on a moderate neck. 



