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very open wool, and large masculine heads very clear 

 of wool on their Leicester tups, so as to keep up the 

 half-bred character as much as possible in the lambs. 

 The mules, too, with their grey faces and grey legs, 

 are gradually coming into favour. In early maturity 

 they hardly touch the half-breds, and their wool is 

 coarser, but they clip quite as heavily. Crossing black- 

 faces with the Cheviot tup to produce them has been 

 tried, but has never yet brought a profit. The preju- 

 dice against Cotswolds has always been strong, as the 

 iambs were thought to be too coarse. Some tups 

 were brought to Moffat in 1850, and were led out in 

 halters like ponies, and sold for £6 or £7 each, but 

 they have not been tried since. The Leicester holds 

 his own for crossing, and a great many Dumfries- 

 shire farmers buy five and six year old Cheviot and 

 blackface ewes at Falkirk October, and send them 

 as '^ grit ewes" to stock turnip land in Galloway, and 



His sii*e was bred by Mr. CockbiuTi of Sisteiioatla,t 

 g. s. — iilr. Cockbum of Sisterpath, J 

 g. g. s. — Mr. Taylor of Presson, 

 g. g. g. s. — Lord Polwarth, 

 g. g. g. g. s. — Lord Pohvarth, 



g. g. g. g. g. s. (1th Prince Albert) — Lord Pohvarth, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. s. (3rd Prince Albert) — Mr. Thomson of Haymouut, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. s. (2nd Prince Albert) — Lord Pohrarth, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. s. (1st Pi-ince Albert'l) — Lord Polwarth, 

 S- S- g- g- g- g. g. g. g- s, (Taylor's big sheep) — Mr. Taylor of Presson, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. s. — ilr. Taylor of Presson, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g, g. g. s. (out of a ewe got by a Compton sheep) — 



Lord Polwarth, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. s. — Lord Polwarth, 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. g. s. — Mr. Jobsbn of Hezehif. 



t Fii-st-prize ram at Edinburgh, 1858, and bought by Lord Polwarth for 

 35 guineas. 



t First-prize shearling and tsvo shear at Kelso in 1S55-56, and taken Ijy Lord 

 Polwarth, for the season of 1855, for 25 guineas. 



li Got by Mr. Taylor's champion sheep, which beat eleven of the same age 

 at the first Northumberland Show. 



