160 MODERN SHEEP: BEEEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



and the body covering principally reddish-colored goat hair mixed 

 with a considerable quantity of what appears to be white wool, 

 though this latter may be simply an exaggerated form of similar 

 material found on goats. If it were not for the ears and the tail 

 one would unhesitatingly pronounce the little animal a kid. There 

 can be no reasonable doubt as to the hybrid nature of the animal. 

 Mr. Arnaud found the pair of twins when they were perhaps an 

 hour old. The ewe was licking them, and evidently regarded them 

 both as her own. They are inseparable, and always lie down in 

 contact with each other. There is only one female goat on the 

 place, and she brought a kid three weeks after these twins were 

 born." 



INTERESTING BREED EXPERIMENTS. 



An interesting experiment was made a few years ago at the 

 Iowa experiment station with the view of testing the relative merits 

 of several of the more prominent breeds of sheep. Ten lambs 

 of each* variety were selected and fed in the same way. Of the 

 British breeds the Cotswolds gained the most rapidly in weight, 

 the Suffolk and Lincoln breeds coming next on the list, the Oxfords 

 and Dorsets being last. In the yield of wool the Lincolns came 

 first with a fleece averaging 12.85 Ib. ; the Cotswolds were next 

 with fleece of 12.65 Ib.; the Leicester next with 11.50 Ib.; the* 

 Oxfords next with 10.95 Ib. ; the Shropshires next with 8.75 Ib. ; 

 the Suffolks next with 7.65 Ib. ; the Dorsets next with 6.8 Ib. ; the 

 Southdowns next with 6.75 Ib. The Merinos sheared 9.9 Ib. 

 The most valuable fleeces in natural condition were the Leicesters, 

 the Lincolns, Cotswolds and Oxfords in the order named. The 

 Merino fleeces were estimated as being worth the least money per 

 pound in their natural condition, but after scouring commanded 

 by far the highest price. The Merino fleeces shrank 67 per cent 

 in weight. The Leicesters showed the least shrinkage 38 per 

 cent. 



BRITISH SHEEP NOMENCLATURE. 



It is very interesting to listen to the shepherds in different 

 sections of Great Britain as they talk of sheep of different ages. 

 "Pately Bridge" recently compiled the following nomenclature as 

 used by the British shepherds, ("for a British agricultural journal, 

 whose identity I cannot place), which, to say the least, is intensely 

 interesting. Mr. Bridge says: 



"When newly born and from birth to weaning, the animal is 

 called c a lamb/ but in the south of England the young sheep retains 

 the name lamb until it is eight months old, and sometimes even 

 beyond this age. In Scotland, the male lamb is called a 'tup- 

 lamb/ and when castrated it is a 'hogg-lamb/ while the female 

 lamb is a f ewe-lamb 7 in England, and a 'grimmer-lamb' in Scot- 



