IO2 SHEEP I BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



between Montgomery and Shropshire. This tract has for 

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

 provement of its sheep has progressed with the development 

 of its agriculture. The hardy Clun Forest ewes have been 

 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, far in advance of most 

 farm breeds. Much, no doubt, remains to be done, but that 

 the material exists cannot be denied. 



