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forage crops where the hurdling system is in vogue. Their mutton 

 is said to be of excellent quality. 



Wallace states that they shear about five pounds/ but he very 

 likely refers to washed wool (Fig. 119). 



THE KERRY HILL (WALES) 



The Kerry Hill is a breed that has been developed in Wales 

 since 1840, from a stock that was more or less of a mountain type. 

 In general appearance it looks like a grade Down sheep, because its 

 face, legs, and ears are speckled black and white. Its fleece 

 resembles that of the Shropshire, but it is not so good in quality. 

 Horns in either sex are objectionable, but sometimes they appear 

 in rams (Fig. 120). 



In size, the Kerry Hill about equals the Shropshire. It is hardy 

 and produces a superior quality of mutton. The ewes are excellent 

 mothers and in grazing districts, they are sought after as producers 

 of fat lambs. 



THE AVENSLEYDALE 



The Wensleydale sheep was made by crossing English Leicesters 

 on native sheep in Yorkshire. It is a large, long, upstanding, firm- 

 fleshed sheep, growing long wool which is very lustrous and which 

 separates into distinct wavy locks or staples. The skin on the face, 

 ears, and legs of the Wensleydale has a decidedly bluish tinge, and 

 frequently this shade of color extends all over its body. 



For a long-wool breed, the mutton of the Wensleydale is of good 

 quality. It is an active, hardy breed, but a little slow in maturing 



(Fig.'m). 



THE DEVON LONG WOOL 



The Devon Long Wool is a very large, coarse-wool breed of 

 sheep that is kept in large numbers in Devon and Somerset. It 

 was made by crossing English Leicesters and possibly Lincolns on 

 two old native breeds, the " Southern Notts/' and " Bampton 

 Notts." These were large, coarse sheep that produced long, heavy 

 fleeces. 



1 Wallace, "British Breeds of Live Stock," 1913. 



