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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



this country. It is a very hardy breed, found originally in large 

 numbers in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Morfe Down, where 

 it was much in request for its wool and considered very valuable 

 for the manufacture of the finer of British cloths. It is one 

 of the oldest of the British breeds. For a long time what was 

 known as the Old Eyeland sheep was on the descendancy, but when 

 the New Eyeland sprung into existence and some attention was 

 given to its breeding and promoting, it again made some headway. 

 The carcass weight has been increased considerably and. in the 

 place of the fourteen or sixteen pounds per quarter carcass of the 



Ryeland Shearling Ram. Barneby Type. 



Old Ryeland wethers, lambs now ten months old make as high as 

 eighteen pounds per quarter, and yearling wethers at sixteen or 

 seventeen months old reach as high as twenty or twenty-two pounds 

 per quarter. Although the New Ryeland has perhaps lost some of 

 its fineness, it has gained considerable in weight, since the Old 

 Ryeland sheared about two pounds of wool as against eight pounds 

 for the improved Ryeland. The Ryeland fattens very easily and 

 is well suited for raising fat lambs. The breed has been described 

 as a white faced Shropshire dressed in a Merino's fleece. In 

 Herefordshire and Brecknockshire it is becoming very popular. 

 Very recently this breed was given a class at the Royal Show. 



