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to that state, but within three years most of these had died. In 

 1840 W. H. Sotham imported a i\ock of 19 to New York, near 

 Albany, for which he paid ^iio each. This same year Erastus 

 Corning and Mr. Sotham made two large importations of a cross- 

 bred Cotswold-New Leicester sheep from the Hewer flock 

 at North Leach, Gloucestershire. In 1836 J. C. Haviland of 

 Duchess County, New York, began breeding Cotswolds, and 

 continued his flock many years. In 1837 they were first brought 

 to Kentucky, where they were popular for many years and 

 seemed well suited to the 

 conditions there. Along 

 in the early forties there 

 were a number of flocks 

 of Cotswolds in the Atlan- 

 tic coast states, where they 

 met with some favor, if on 

 the more fertile lands. 

 With the depreciation of 

 Merino values about 

 1 870-1875 Cotswold and 

 other mutton sheep grew 

 in favor and considerable 

 flocks developed in the 

 Mississippi Valley states. 

 Characteristics of the 

 Cotswold. The Jieadoi the 

 Cotswold is a distinguish- 

 ing feature, being horn- 

 less, usually white, but frequently slightly mixed or spotted with 

 gray or brown, is dark at the nostrils, broad between muzzle and 

 eyes, having a tendency to a Roman nose, and with curls or locks 

 over the forehead, often extending to the nostrils. This forelock 

 is rather a distinctive feature of this breed. The back carries the 

 same great breadth as the Leicester and Lincoln, though the body 

 often lacks depth and appears leggy, especially behind. The heart 

 girth is often striking, showing much thickness. Fream states 

 that at a show some years ago in England two of the winning 

 two-year-old rams girthed five feet and five feet four inches 



Fig. 206. A very choice Cotswold ewe, winner 

 of first prize in class at the Ohio State Fair 

 in 1 905 and sweepstakes Cotswold ewe at the 

 Illinois State Fair, 1906. Owned by Wilson 

 Eros, of Indiana. Photograph by the author 



