BLACK-FACED SHEEP, 



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A principal characteristic of this breed is the ahnost sin- 

 gular fecundity of the ewe, often bearing lambs twice in the 

 year. " When on luxuriant food, they will often admit the 

 male ten or twelve days after yeaning, and continue to suckle 

 the first lamb after they are pregnant with a second." 



Crosses with the new Leicester have been attempted, but 

 failed of success. The cross with the South Down has 

 been otherwise, and the breed resulting from it are esteemed 

 so valuable that it threatens to supersede both the Dorset and 

 South Down. 



In the neighborhood of cities, where early lambs are in 

 request, the pure Dorset will always be properly appre- 

 ciated. 



THE BLACK-FACED HEATH SHEEP. 



BLACK-FACED SHEEP. 



This noted breed abound in the mountainous parts of Lan- 

 cashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, and 

 over the whole of Scotland. 



