804 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. 



lures, ages before some of the present popular breeds of Brit- 

 ish sheep were born. The Devon Longwool of to-day is a 

 reproduction of the stalwart old breed under the refining 

 influence of Leicester and Lincoln blood, numerous crosses 

 of which are apparent in its present bodily symmetry, fine 

 fleece and well established type. It has found favor at the 

 Royal and other leading shows and is unquestionably a most 

 valuable member of the long-wool tribes. 



THE DARTMOOR 



of the present time, as the cut shows, is a long-wool sheep 

 of large size, good form, long, heavy fleece and general char- 

 acter much on the order of the Cotswold and Lincoln, and 

 quite unlike the raw-boned, angular and ugly native sheep 

 of the mountains described by Youatt and other early writers. 

 He is strong boned, white faced, white legged and horn- 

 less, with long white staple, is very hardy and as now 

 constituted, the result of a cross of the Leicester and Lin- 

 coln on the native Dartmoor mountain sheep. The Dartmoor 

 has been received with much favor at the Royal show and is 

 really one of the valuable long-wool breeds of England. 



THE GLAMORGANSHIRE SHEEP, 



of South Wales, are small, with very little claim to sym- 

 metry of form or inviting features. They are white faced, 

 white legged, generally hornless and carry a fairly dense 

 fleece of short wool, not altogether free from hair, occasional 

 tan colored legs are noted among them and are considered 

 tokens of constitutional vigor. The mature fat wether 

 dresses thirty to forty Ibs., and the ewe from twenty to 

 thirty Ibs., or about six or seven Ibs. per quarter. Like 

 other tribes of Welsh sheep, they yield superb mutton, and 

 so far, have not shown marked improvement when crossed 

 with larger breeds from other parts of the kingdom. 



THE CLUN FOREST SHEEP 



are natives of the Chin Forest and Radnor Forest hills on 

 the border between Wales and Shropshire, and were once a 

 white faced, light fleeced sheep, but Shropshire and Ryeland 

 crosses have improved them in size, form and fleece. The 

 face colorings ranges from white to black with intermediate 

 shadings of fawn, gray, brown or mottled. Wool and mutton 

 of excellent quality, sheep and lambs mature early, general 

 style good, but fixedness of type still wanting. A valuable 

 sheep with more than average possibilities. 



