286 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



THE ROMNEY MARSH OR KENT. 



This breed of sheep was probably first developed 

 in Kent County, England, from stock which came 

 originally from the Low Countries. A few small 

 flocks have [been imported to the United States. 



PLATE 94. First prize and champion Romney Marsh ram exhibited 

 by Alfred Mathews, New Zealand, at the Panama Pacific Exposition, 

 1915. Courtesy of the American Sheep Breeder. 



This breed has a strong masculine head, a short, 

 strong neck, a wide deep chest, and is level along 

 its back. It has a good spring of ribs, and is par- 

 ticularly full in the hindquarters. The fleece is of 

 good length, but is not as long as that of the Lin- 



