SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 



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ounces having been cut from a fourteen months old lamb of this 

 variety. 



The lyincoln requires great care and skillful management. The soil 

 must be rich and produce sweet herbage in abundance. It is not at 

 present the sheep for the general farmer in America, and if it has a 

 place in this country it is apparently only in the hands of a skillful 

 breeder. 



A fine flock of these sheep has been imported into America and 

 their adaptability to our climate is being tested. 



A TYPICAL SUFFOLK RAM. 



The I/Cicester. Originally this breed was a large, heavy, coarse 

 animal, with poorly flavored flesh. It had flat sides on a thin carcass, 

 which was large boned. They were poor feeders, light weight, and they 

 had long, coarse wool, of poor quality. 



But by a systematic breeding the sheep has changed its character and 

 to-day is found without horns and a white face and legs. Its head is 

 fine and small and has no wool on the poll. It has a deep neck and 

 broad shoulders, a broad, straight, flat back, a large, bright eye, and a 

 deep body. Its legs are clean and the bones are small. 



The flesh is sweet, but has too much outside fat to be desirable. Its 

 fleece is fine, white, silky, and glossy, and of medium length, weighing 

 six to eight pounds. 



