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MODERK SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



Wonder," and three shearling ewes. The ram won the Royal in 

 1905 and 1906 and has never been defeated, neither last year nor 

 this, having won more than thirty first prizes, cup and medals. 

 The three ewes were the winners of the first prize at the Royal 

 Lancashire in 1905, beating the Royal winners under the same 

 judge, and have won more than twenty firsts and medals. 



As regards the sheep being exported, I don't think they have 

 gone much abroad as yet, but they have begun to buy them for 

 crossing with the Blackface Scotch because they are much bigger 

 and a lot finer in the wool. A few have also gone to Austria- 

 Hungary. The Lonk and Wensleydale cross and Lonk and Lin- 



Lonk Sheep. Hague Type. 



coin cross are two breeds that are bred about here and are very 

 good to sell either to the butcher or farmer. The cross with the 

 Lonk makes a splendid carcass for the butcher, being much fuller 

 of lean meat than a full-bred one. The Lonk is supposed to be 

 the leanest-fleshed sheep there is for its size, being a big, long- 

 framed sheep. The ram "Worsthorne Wonder" when fifteen 

 months old weighed three hundred and forty pounds. They are 

 a mountain breed and very hardy and can live anywhere. There 

 are not many sheep besides Lonks kept on the hills about here, 

 they being the only breed that seem to stand the climate. The 

 wool is as high in price as any other pure wool about here, Is 3d 



