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advisable to keep the breed of sheep indigent 

 to 'the neighbourhood but, if possible, the flock 

 already un the farm should be purchased, as 

 sheep do better on their own land than else- 

 where. In Scotland this latter fact is very much 

 appreciated, and substantial value attached to it 

 by insisting on an " acclimatization value " being 

 paid for a flock taken over by a new tenant, 

 this being additional to the price of the flock. 



Whilst, however, it does not do to introduce 

 ewes of a breed foreign to the locality there 

 are, nevertheless, great possibilities in crossing 

 breeds of sheep, owing to the large number of 

 breeds there are. For securing stock of good 

 fattening capacity crossing is far more widely 

 practised amongst sheep than amongst cattle 

 and pigs. 



In the north there are two breeds which are 

 very prominent for crossing purposes amongst 

 mountain flocks, they are the Border Leicester 

 and Wensleydale breeds. The mountain breeds, 

 the Blackfaces and Cheviots, give too small a 

 carcase to be readily profitable, but the mutton 

 is of high quality ; by using rams of the two 

 breeds mentioned, however, size and quick 

 fattening are combined with the quality of 



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