MODERN SHEEP : BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



Mr. Ellman's work in 1823 which he did with phenomenal re- 

 sults, and to his effort largely is due the splendid standard of the 

 Southdown of today. The Babraham first ram lettings are a mat- 

 ter of history. Mr. Webb was by all accounts a splendid all-around 

 judge of live stock. Like Mr. Ellman, Mr. Webb seems to have 

 given little of his methods of breeding to the outside world. Mr. 



Ellman's sheep, like Mr. Webb's, were remarkable for their size 

 and symmetry, occasioned in part, no doubt, by the influence of 

 roots and the more domestic way of feeding. Mr. Webb had entries 

 at the Cambridge Royal and took both prizes offered in the ewe 



