CHAP. I. 



LINCOLN SHEEP. 



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and the old Lincoln breeders, and the latter would have nothing to do 

 with the former. Eventually, however, this feeling died out, and by a 



Fig. 112. Lincoln Ram. 



Champion at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Birmingham, 1898. 

 Bred by Mr. Henry Budding, Riby Grove, Stallingboro', Lincolnshire. 



Fig. 113. Pen of Lincoln Ewes. 



Winners of the Champion Prize at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at 

 Lincoln, 1907. The property of Mr. C. E. Howard, Nocton Rise, Lincoln. 



judicious use of Dishley blood, and by careful selection, the Lincolns 

 were immensely improved, and, while they still retain the valuable 



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