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worth's flock, which was conceded to be the leading 

 flock of the breed in Scotland. At an early time, the 

 breed was confined to a few of the Border counties be- 

 tween England and Scotland along the Cheviot range, 

 but with the extension of their popularity their home 

 may be said to include many other counties, and they 

 have been successfully introduced in addition to 

 several parts of the world. This class of sheep ha* 

 been coming into repute for some years past with the 

 English flockmasters, many of whom attend the great 

 Kelso ram sales in Leicester. The Border type is so 

 marked that the judges at once disqualified two Eng- 

 lish Leicesters which were entered in the ram class. 

 The black spots that were discernible about the 

 head and ears of so many of them tell of their de- 

 scent from the Leicester. They are small in the scrag, 

 but have fine general substance and size. They also 

 do well on moderate land and bear storms well at the 

 foot of the Cheviots. It is the specialty of the ewes 

 to be very prolific and "milk like goats." They are 

 rather bare on the bellies and have fine but rather 

 light-weighing wool. 



Standard for Border Leicester. — In this connection 

 the description of a ram of this breed from a paper 

 read by Hon. H. J. Scott, manager of Lord Polworth 's 

 flock, before the members of the Glasgow Agricultural 

 Discussion Society : " Head white, hard and clean- 

 cut ; eye clear and prominent ; nose black ; ears well 

 set and free from blue, but black spots do no harm ; 



