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SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 



They are a very satisfactory farmer's sheep, especially where they 

 have to depend upon pasturage for food. It has a close, well-set fleece, 

 and a hardy constitution, which being combined, help te carry the ani- 

 mal through severe storms and exposure. 



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SWEEPSTAKES SHEARING SHROPSHIRE, RAM AT ROYAI, SHOW, ENGLAND 



Black-F'aced. Scotch. On the Grampian Hills where Nerval's 

 "father fed his flock," a breed now known as the Black-faced Scotch 

 have held undisputed possession for centuries. As civilization improved 

 the Black-faced improved with it. As indicated by the name the face is 

 black and they have a thick muzzle. They have bright, quick eyes, 

 square and compact bodies, broad saddles, and fair quarters. They are 

 very hardy and able to withstand a great amount of exposure. They 

 herd together and will in severe snow storms become completely covered 

 with snow, in someway digging under the drifts and forming for them- 

 selves a dug-out under 'the snow. It is said they have been found thus 

 buried under the drifts after twenty days of confinement and the flock 

 all living. In Scotland after a severe storm of this kind, the shepherds 

 start out to find their flocks which invariably bury themselves in the 



