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Points. 

 Twist or junction inside the thighs, deep, wide, and full, which, with a broad 



breast, will keep the legs open and upright 5 



Fleece: The whole body should be covered with long lustrous wool 18 



Total 100 



FOR COTSWOLD EWE. 



Head moderately fine, broad between the eyes and nostrils, but without a short, 



thick appearance, and well covered on crown with long, lustrous wool 8 



Face either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with brown 4 



Nostrils wide and expanded; nose dark 1 



Eyes prominent but mild looking 2 



Ears broad, long, moderately thin, and covered with short hah 4 



Collar full from breast and shoulders, tapering gradually all the way to where the 

 neck and head join; the neck should be fine and graceful, and free from coarse 



and loose skin 5 



Shoulders broad and full, and at the same time join so gradually to the collar for- 

 ward and chine backward as not to leave the least hollow in either place 8 



Fore legs: The mutton on the arm or fore thigh should come quite to the knee; 

 leg upright with heavy bone, being clear from superfluous skin with wool to 



fetlock, and may be mixed with gray 4 



Breast broad and well forward, keeping the legs wide apart; girth or chest full 



and deep 10 



Fore flank quite full, not showing hollow behind the shoulder 4 



Back and loin broad, flat, and straight, from which the ribs must spring with a 



fine circular arch 12 



Belly straight on underline ....... 5 



Quarters long and full, with mutton quite down to the hock 8 



Hock should stand neither in nor out „ 2 



Twist or junction inside, the thighs deep, wide, and full, which, with a broad 



breast, will keep the legs open and upright 5 



Fleece: The whole body should be covered with long, lustrous wool. . . 18 



Total 100 



THE LINCOLN. 



The Old Lincolns were mentioned as an established breed as early 

 as 1749. The modern type of this breed resulted from crossing 

 Leicester rams upon the Old Lincoln ewes. The breed was recog- 

 nized by the Royal Agricultural Society as distinct in 1862. Their 

 home is in Lincolnshire, in northeastern England, the east side of the 

 county touching the sea. 



The Old Lincolns were the largest breed of sheep in Britain. They 

 were coarse and had white faces and legs and heavy heads and necks. 

 They lacked spring of ribs and were low in the back. They produced 

 a very heavy, oily fleece, though their bellies and legs were said to 

 have been almost bare. They were slow at reaching maturity and 

 did not feed very well. The Leicester blood improved the symmetry 

 and feeding qualities very greatly; it also induced early maturity. 

 The Dudding family, of Riby Grove, Great Grimbsy, Lincolnshire, 



