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easy and high ; the ram should so carry his as to be able to look over a 

 hurdle. The carcass should be long, level along the back, and the ribs 

 well sprung. The under lines are not so true and the flank is often 

 weak. The greatest defect in the appearance of the Cotswold is the 

 lightness under and the short space between hips and flanks. The 

 Cotswolds are often too long, high, and lusty, and their height in such 

 instances gives them a weak appearance. 



The wool should be long, open, and curly. The staple is coarser, 

 and the weight of fleece is usually rather less than that of the Leices- 

 ter and considerably under the Lincoln. In quality it is below both 

 the Leicester and Lincoln. 



In recent years many of these animals have been introduced into 

 Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States, as well as 

 into France and Germany, to impart size and wool to native breeds. 

 In the United States they are widely known and in general favor as a 

 combined wool and mutton sheep. The American Cotswold Record 

 Association has adopted the following: 



Scale of points. 



In October, 1836, Leonard D. Clift, of Carmel, Putnam County, im- 

 ported some Lincolnshire sheep. One pair was sent to Virginia, one 

 pair to Ohio, one pair to a gentleman of Somers, all at about $250 each 

 pair, and 1 ram and 8 ewes Mr. Clift reserved for his own farm. More 

 were subsequently imported, and in the spring of 1837 there was a 

 shearing. Sixteen imported Lincolnshire ewes sheared 109 pounds of 

 wool ; 1 imported Lincolnshire 2-year-old ram sheared 10 pounds of wool ; 

 1 imported Lincolnshire 4-year-old ram sheared 8 pounds of wool ; 1 

 Leicester ram sheared 6 pounds of wool; 15 Leicester wether lambs, 

 half-bloods, sheared 101 pounds; 25 Lincoln ewes, half-blood, sheared 

 153 pounds, and 6 half-blood rams sheared 42 pounds. The weights of 

 his yearling rams were 188, 186, 180, 166, 156, and 185J pounds. They 

 had been kept only with a view to their thrifty growth. In 1840 Mr. 

 Clift described his Lincolnshires as not over large, but carrying great 

 weight for their compass of carcass. They inclined to early maturity 

 and to lay on fat. Their skin was delicate and soft to the touch, and 

 there grew on it a thick, long, and heavy fleece of wool, completely en- 

 veloping the whole body from the ears backward. In 1839, from 64 



