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where they are sold, many thousands of ewes are put in East 

 Yorkshire and in Lincolnshire to early-maturity rams, and the 

 wethers fattened during winter. 



The name Wensleydale Longwool was assumed in 1876 to dis- 

 tinguish the breed in the showyard; and the two flock books, viz.: 

 that of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders' Association and 

 that of the Pure Select Wensleydale Sheep Breeders' Association, 

 were both established in 1890. 



THE LINCOLN SHEEP. The Lincoln Longwool is a white-faced 

 breed with a woolly tuft on the forehead. It easily holds the first 

 place in this country as a wool producer, and in size it is only 

 rivalled by the Costwold, and, probably, the South Devon breeds. 



Value for Crossing. In spite of the quality of mutton being 

 only second rate, the unequalled power of wool-production and 

 large size of carcass have brought the breed into the highest re- 

 pute in sheep-rearing countries abroad, where it has mated most 

 successfully with Merino ewes to form a good general-purpose sheep 

 for both wool and mutton. Over 20 years ago a breed of Lincoln- 

 Merinos was formed in New Zealand, under the name of the Corri- 

 dale breed, by mating superior specimens of the two breeds ; and 

 an intermediate type has been subsequently fixed by thorough eli- 

 mination of undesirable forms. 



Exbort of Lincoln Sheep from Great Britain. The export record 

 of the Lincoln breed reached high-water mark in 1906, when, for 

 the year ending September soth, certificates were issued by the 

 Lincoln Longwool Sheep Breeders' Association for 3 674 rams, 

 i 614 ewes, 339 ram lambs, and 333 ewe lambs, total 5 960, an 

 increase of i 758 over the previous year's total. An important 

 event in the history of Lincoln sheep was the sale of the entire 

 flock (950 animals) of Messrs. R. and W. Wright, of Nocton Heath, 

 Lincoln, to Sefior Manuel Cobo, of Buenos Aires, for 30 ooo. 

 The flock was founded in 1790, and was one of the most famous 

 flocks in the country. The same purchaser secured the Royal 

 Champion Shearling Lincoln Ram, Riby Derby Champion, for the 

 record price of i 450 guineas at Mr. Henry Dudding's Annual Sale. 

 Other prices realised at that sale were an average of 151 is. yd. 

 for 56 rams; 16 17^. 4^. for 23 ewes, or a total of 8 848 17*. 6d. 

 for 79 sheep. The exports for 1908-9 were i 184 rams, 239 

 ewes, 1 06 ram lambs, 43 ewe lambs, distributed as follows: 

 669 to Buenos Aires, n to Holland, 12 to Australia, 7 to Ger- 

 many, 55 to Canada, 12 to the United States, 28 to North Ame- 



