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States the breed has been pretty well distributed from Ten- 

 nessee north, from the Atlantic to the far West. There are many 

 flocks in eastern New York and northern Indiana, with excellent 

 flocks in Ohio, Illinois, Vermont, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and 

 many other states. 



Cheviot sheep breeders' organizations exist in Britain and the 

 United States. The Cheviot Sheep Society of Great Britain was 

 organized in 1891, Volume I of the flock book appearing in 



1893, there having been 

 published thirteen volumes 

 up to 1904, registering 

 1665 rams, ewes not being 

 recorded. In 1891 the 

 American Cheviot Sheep 

 Breeders' Association was 

 organized in New York 

 State. Owing to disaffec- 

 tion among the members, 

 in 1894 the National 

 Cheviot Sheep Society was 

 organized in Indiana. In 

 1 900 these organizations 

 amalgamated, forming the 

 American Cheviot Sheep 

 Society, incorporated under the laws of New York. Each of the 

 old associations published one flock book, while the new society 

 in 1 90 1 published another, as Volume III. 



High prices for Cheviot sheep have been paid in Scotland. 

 Each year at Hawick annual ram sales are held on a large scale, 

 thousands of sheep being sold and many high prices paid, with 

 good averages. At this sale in 1903 five breeders sold rams at 

 prices ranging from ^15010 ^575 each. At a sale in 1865 at 

 Beattock 165 Cheviot rams owned by Mr. Oliver of Hawick 

 brought over ^12,000, one three-year-old bringing $77 s ^"d a 

 two-year-old ^605. In 1902 Mr. J. R. C. Smith of Yetholm, 

 Scotland, purchased the ram Ambush (1545) for about $600. In 

 the United States no such high prices have yet prevailed, ^100 

 being about a maximum. 



Fig. 197. A Cheviot yearling ewe, first prize 

 in class at the Edinburgh Show, Scotland, 

 1904. This is a fine example of Cheviot 

 style and character. Bred and exhibited by 

 J. R. C. Smith, Mowhaugh. Photograph 

 from the owner 



