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The total number of cattle in Jersey may be put at a little 

 over ii ooo, of which 6000 are cows and heifers in milk. In 

 England it is impossible to give the numbers accurately; but as 

 there are over 500 members of the English Herd Book Society 

 the number of pedigree Jerseys in England will not be far short 

 of nine or ten thousand. 



There are no special markets for Jersey cows in England, the 

 trade being usually done through dealers in the island and in this 

 country. Pedigree sales of Jerseys are held frequently in different 

 parts of England, but usually these are confined to the particular 

 breeder's herd. The export trade from Jersey is considerable: 

 England takes about 1000 animals every year; Denmark has lately 

 reached about 900 ; while the United States imports for 1907 

 reached 461. About 100 are sent annually to France. 



ROBERT WALLACE. British Breeds of Sheep. [Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries]. British. Breeds of Live Stock. London, 1910, 



P- i-i37- 



The following are some extracts from the important publica- 

 tion of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, in the part 

 regarding Sheep. 



British Sheep are classified as horned and hornless, black-faced 

 and white-faced, mountain and lowland, long-wools and short-wools, 

 long-tailed and short-tailed. There are no fat-tailed or tail-less 

 sheep in this country. Two is the usual number of horns, but a 

 remnant of the polycerate sheep, with four or more horns, exists in 

 the Western Islands of Scotland and, as ornamental sheep, in a few 

 enclosed parks. The sheep, like the goat, has two teats, and the 

 usual number is one lamb at a birth, though two, three, and even 

 five are not uncommon. 



THE CHEVIOT. The name is derived from the rounded green 

 hills on the Scotch and English Borders which are the native home 

 of the breed. Throughout Scotland, Cheviot ewes are kept on the ; 

 lower green hills, while Blackface Highland ewes occupy the higher, 

 black or heathery land. Many Cheviot ewes are sent, when about 

 five years old, to lowland grazings in both England and Scotland, 

 to breed lambs by Down and Long-wool rams, for the fat market 

 or to fatten into tegs. Cheviot wether hoggets are in high favour 

 with the butchers in spring, not only because of the excellence of 

 the quality of the mutton and the great size of the gigot, but for 



