Juxvanr 16, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
59 
ould I have | had the trouble to puo 
ither sh 
dem m mind, let us hope for the oe in espe-|o 
en that the Messrs. Howa aa ill be ccu as et 
for ahs future. William Smith, We sear Bletchley 
n, Bucks, Jan 
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LEICESTERS AND TH HS SHEEP. 
Station, 
With thein eras dad high « cultivation 
ame the developm of all tha 
they were fed. 
district 
or n sta 
tha ub Leicester blo od was cfs to give symmetry 
»pensit t is understood, how- 
lection the akg part ‘of the | 
d the Cots of the 
5 Pt Upe 
ev ver, th at ‘to judicious sel 
r 
e present | of c 
TOM vadis adjoining the sea; and these sheep are 
might be ex aa greatly improved by selection 
| dA careful breeding. ‘The imp e 
(Nati vom s p. day are 7 Vend distinct a type o pei as the Here- But Tem ni wm in x weig gat of their fleece. 
1 oa sa Leicester of the | fords o e distinct breeds of cattle. s the He Lincoln sheep has a thick neck; he is butcher's 
Cae i We cause the type v ries so much ali of the Cotswold, that while of most | meat, as ym were, up to Do» very Pa ; his head is bare 
D he influences of locality ging the ceca which have massive ee and proportions, he is capable of of wool, and the face not so white as to exclude black 
rned the br eeder in h is select ion 3 that yo g great hardships, succeeding well i in exposed mpo each - which is valued as a mark of superior 
gri 1 sheep| blood. The wool frills up MN “round the neck, and 
Kei yar sheep of Mr. mon 
Nottinghamshire, and the lar, 
Mr. Valentine Barford, in No 
| purely descended from ‘the ren 
1$ months ^Y Leicester wether, highly wap com- 
of Holme Pierpoint, 
ser sheep 
farming and he produces a great amount of mutton pet 
iar nearly age. In the best flocks it is no unusual 
thing see 12 months’ old sheep weighing 30 1 
a quarter; the average weight of an ordinary fl 
ge ck, 
ro " ts the butcher, at. TA or 15 months old, being 
30 lbs. The 
n to knees a 
covers "di y dow 
| eiae p anim iy of formar times have - 
Some rem 
m 25 to weis ea n» 
5 Ms 
ert Garn ne, a 
no pe: ide 
od with the iter of pode fomà i in differ ent 
Tom ake a Leicester sheep in good order from the 
butcher at 15 or 16 months old, it is necessary that it 
well ambed. This will be 
abu of fat; but th ood Leicester | 
cr has a delicious flavour, with a more equable e| 
distribution of fat a ^ i n The a Ne igl tit 
the fleece may to 81 ing 
|h 
of. n 
experience, ; but the following I believe is ame ally the 
Beh 
Mr. Tan on, we ighe - — per quarter. The heaviest, a har was alleged to have 
ery g OMA for crossing |" weighe ed 386 lbs 61 lbs. per quarter. Jt measure 
ble dim ncn and pe t e head to the tail, 4 feet 7 inches; 
ma ny b s, at home and abr n wi stralia as well | girth belie the hé Mere 6 feet 1 inch; height, 
| as on the natin ent o ope. It is estimated that 2 feet 8} inches; tings ot the fore-leg under the 
about ams are annually sold auction, in | knee, 43 in The second, a two-shear, weighed 
addition im hic reat number are disposed of by | 364 lbs., or 91 ‘Ths per afari and the third, a shear- 
private contract, the majority probably going eastward | ling, weighed 284 lbs., or 711lbs. per quarter. In 
from their native district, but many being sold to| 1827, Mr. Clarke, of Canwick, near Lincolu, exhibited 
He v efo “by yi rA, breeders and for exportation, sometimes | two wether sheep—one 65} lbs. per quarter, the 
T| at 4 her 623 Ibs, per quarter. A wether sheep, killed 
anagement of Cotswold sheep I hav in 1844, weighed 72} . per 
Turni quarter. Ten wethers were produced by one farmer in 
is not so nourishing nor so productive of mili The ewes are put tothe ram rather | the same locality and at the same time, averaging 
erbage forms a main portion of the food. The early in 1 the season, , they continue with then ram about | upwards of 52 lbs. per quarter e h. we exhibited 
weeks, ! by my father, Mr. John Clarke, of Long Sutton, at the 
1 feld t to better quarters, as a prepared field of Rye, or ammed, bei isset Club Show, of iae weighed 262 lbs., or 
ye and Tares d with a little Rape, bat more 
i h have 
ing sae "bugs ochre, a different mark 
succe g week, so as to guide the 
N h 
shepherd in Gees e in to 
fall, the ewes are shut in warm yards, and very care 
ole attended to. When the lambs get nifiieny 
ong, they i are removed with their dam: s toa Turn 
. per quar rter ; and s 
Dr ans that year. At t Linco 
» Jam aret hare been kno 
842. IB 
5 
ed Woo 
eserved for them, than to take 
l hus PH ES the dams; the lambs being accusto 
s pasture will re 
| ferita and scouring, which a 
Fd 
adly 
not during the whole of va ensuing Siaa The 
fi 
are the forerunners of other 
bes 
mos i 
made Ma ird, to es each ewe to lamb in, 
until the lambs a day or two old. Some of the 
n Turnips 
pon the second year's seeds, where they remain 
ym the lam oh oH 
s or € foin. The wether tegs an 
npon Minis to be forced o 
lambs are Aw with their dams into the Clover on 
if yee 
weaned and placed upon | re 
"A | 
beaters y ias to have them 
14 15 months o 
ilt 
for x salen of duret 
which are found invalu- 
a ais byt aed omen a who t usó e for a start. Tanke 
should nev 
ea 
Old 
ixi 
| disease. 
Niue frequently, er “the green para’ 
forage s mow given in racks o 
Marton so as to 3» eh Mni them. 
pon feet are very useful for this purpose. Tow 
Michaelmas the sheep go to Turtips, which are cut with 
ay:10 
also, e t many fat & tegs, weighing from 20 to 30 lbs. 
per quarter,are mace tothe ns in the following. April 
and May,being from 13 s old,tl 
coln shee n great r 
peculiar open of length. strength, and lustre or 
ale ness. It is not requisite that the staple should 
alium cake ^ die breeders who have 
ense in meri ng and 
wintering, be Mete hoggete ina rae: state the 
attene 
e A hrist pon 
» Which are cut for them. rev spring 
advances the cake ane a are increased in rb 
ewe hoggs are nips and cut pet 
s fi SLE oF al to lick ; and when the 
d by odis ummer Grass e 
flock ewes a ^ cc arly in the summer, and vna 
be disposed P are sold in the autumn. 
Lincolns.— Soie the Lincoln reet d are now 
bred in such n Wo! 
they 
as natives, indeed, w 
ere introduced there wi thin the ory of persons 
si living. The heavy Lincoln A eo is a native of the | m 
Th 
gs 
te a Parts of Stioatershiv, however, the la 
fat as ear 
um don't c Nisl Bere is more dian 
for the asser tio wo 
"m 
c 
rhy Oise m rass eg de and are ee sold 
f September, Li 
tile heir chi 
careases long 
thu 
ncolns were ungainly an 
ls and rough, 
and thin, razor 
bones large, «Dres ada 
idu 
“thei rom 10 to 
ime | long, and w: See form 8 to 16 lb. per Pede ; and this 
mutton. 
pound. Thi 
from its demand in the 
ht and 
Sixty y 
when Arthur 
e spreading very 
which 
t| the 
drivin 
out the primeval breed fi rom the poorer uplands, x 
iniproving them by crossing. . * The true Lincoln,” he 
says, “is a larger “sheep, and witha gen wool, , and av 
mason demands a better 
to 
- 
ahii ue uet made the breed profitable to the 
boro 
on of m fleeces are 
Toe ahe his poste of a ea | 
is | the new or Dishley Leicesters w 
rapidly | over the county, probably | faster ‘than ed had | 
the denomination of * lustre wool ; ^ 
r the hair, ae t it is irai, 
the more valuable At Bat 
ie my "thor exhibited a Bogot e on re 
he living sheep, the length of hair of 
til vents 
Ow 
to come under 
thelonger is pde 
and not 
š "thé weight supe 
abo 0 lbs. ing to the lateness 
the Show (in July) of course this was somewhat 
over a years growth. Such a fleece, when used 
in the Bradford manufactories, as an admixture with 
pos 
of 
in 
ks | cotton in X nt: s kapon.: fabrics, suffices for 
upwards of er EM in 
ight possibly be 6 estendod to 1 
jm qe — 
have 
which is ek inches et and another from a 
b mor ntwo years growth, which is no less than 
o ndis à in may give a few i 
ghts 
ui father’s e - 2 
ogge 
ese at present prices — 
worth 
uch, there the old breed pie upon inferior 
ind the Leicester establishes itself from the neces- ] 
of having smaller size and shorter wool" At 
present time the pure old fashioned Toning are 
be found, except in some few p 
In the present. year a marshlan 
s clipped 200 Lincoln 
gs, averagi 
eece. Another neighbouring farmer at Walpole, near 
Wisbech,cl: clipped 100 M pes nd 144. mix. xed 
