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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK IV. 



three eminent men, viz., the late Mr. R. H. Masfen, Mr. John Evans, 

 and Mr. Henry Lowe, who acted as judges at the Birmingham meeting 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society in awarding the prizes at that Show. 

 They sa} r , in their report in the Royal * Journal,' that they selected for 

 prizes those animals which they considered best calculated to uphold 

 and perpetuate the most distinctive type of the Shropshire, viz., a 

 well-developed head, with clear and striking expression of countenance, 

 a muscular neck well set on good shoulders, the body symmetrical and 

 deep, placed as squarely as possible on short legs, due regard being 

 paid to grandeur of style, a well-covered head, and wool of the best 

 staple and most valuable kind, rejecting as much as possible all animals 



Photo iiy 



Fig. 124. Shropshire Shearling Ewes. 



First at the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Lincoln, 1907. 

 The property of Sir R. Cooper, Berkhamsted. 



6. H. r&rsoni. 



showing an inclination to produce black wool or dark skins. I may 

 add as a rider to this description that the skin should be a nice cherry 

 colour, and the face and legs a nice soft black, not sooty, nor rusty 

 brown, and free from all white specks. The belly also should be 

 well-woolled, and all inclination for the wool to peel at the jaw and 

 legs should be avoided. These are minor points but, to assure success 

 in the showyard, or remunerative results in the sale ring, they must 

 not be lost sight of." 



THE CLUN FOREST sheep (fig. 125) takes its name from a district 

 occupying the south-west corner of Shropshire, which has Radnorshire 

 on the south and Montgomeryshire on the west. It is a composite 

 breed, in the moulding of which the Ryeland, the Shropshire, and the 

 Welsh breeds have all taken part. Fixity of type has not yet been 

 attained, some breeders advocating a black face, others a mottled face, 



