I2O MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



production carried out on the Aberystwyth College farm in 1904 

 and 1905 are noteworthy. The ewes tested were Shropshire, Kerry 

 Hill, Eadnor Forest and Welsh, and it was gratifying to Kerry 

 Hill breeders to find that their sheep gave the most satisfactory 

 results. The yearling wethers are handy weights, being from 15 

 Ib. to 17 Ib. a quarter, but if fed beyond this period they develope 

 into big weights. They are specially sought after by the butcher, 

 owing to their having a large proportion of lean meat, and as the 

 mutton is very sweet a ready market is easily obtained. At Wel- 

 lington Christmas fat stock sale the wethers usually win first prize 

 and, what is perhaps more remarkable, at the annual sale held in 

 the same town the wool has for several years pa-st reached the high- 

 est figure/ 7 



GRITSTONE SHEEP. 



Gritstone Ewes and Lamb. Photo by William J. Clark, England. 



This is another breed of sheep which for want of proper ad- 

 vertising has become little known outside of what -might be called 

 its "secluded haunts." It is well-spoken of by those who have 

 tried it. The author is indebted to Mr. William J. Clark of Al- 

 port, Bakewell, Eng., the secretary of the Derbyshire Gritstone 

 Sheep Breeders' society for the following information on the 

 breed: "In regard to the Derbyshire Gritstone sheep I have 

 very great pleasure in sending you a few particulars about them. 

 In the first place let me say that these sheep are not a new breed, 

 but, on the contrary, a very old one and have been bred pure for 



