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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



fine curly fleece free from black hairs, well-covered back and loins, 

 firm flesh, springy pelt, pink skin. The general form of the carcass, 

 square or rectangular; legs well set on, straight hocks, good past- 

 erns, neat feet." 



Mr. A. J. Temple is the secretary of the American Leicester 

 Breeders' Association. 



THE BORDER LEICESTER. 



The Border Leicester is somewhat different in certain charac- 

 teristics to the Leicester. Especially is this so in regard to the 



Border Leicester Ram Twentyman Type. 



head, which in the Border Leicester is white, while the English 

 Leicester has a bluish white face and the head and face of the latter 

 is not so clean of wool. The carcass of the Border Leicester is 

 considered to be a little larger and longer than that of the old 

 Leicester. It has been asserted by some that the Border Leicester 

 is a production of crossing the Cheviot and Leicester, but this 

 idea is not countenanced by their most prominent breeders. To 

 the brothers Culley is given the credit of evolving the Border 

 Leicester by repeated crossings of Dishley rams upon Teeswater 

 ewes. Northumberland is the native county of the breed, although 

 they are found in Durham and other counties and in Scotland. 



