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LINCOLNS INTEODUCED. 



reputation, and extending itself throughout every district c 

 the Kingdom."* 



COTSWOLD EWE. 



The LiNCOLsrs. — The Lincolns are a less improved an 

 larger variety of long-wools than either of the preceding, an 

 those introduced into the United States, having been mostl 

 or entirely merged hy cross-breeding with the Leicesters an 

 Cotswolds, they do not demand a separate description. Mi 

 Leonard D. Clift, of Carmel, Putnam Comity, New Yorl 

 imported a ram and ewe of this variety, in 1835, "from th 

 estate of the Earl of Lansdowne, Yorkshire, England. 

 Messrs. George H. Gossip & Brother imported a number i 

 1836 from Lancashire. Prom these Mr. Clift obtained 

 sixteen ewes and a ram, and established a flock which wa 

 genera,lly regarded as highly valuable. They were hardj 

 gross feeders, and very prolific. They yielded from 6 lbs. t 

 10 lbs. of wool per head. Mr. Clift sold a lot of half-bloo( 

 two year old wethers in Pebruary, 1839, which weighed 12i 

 lbs. to the carcass, and he obtained 25 cents a pound for them 



♦ Spooner oo Sheep, p. 99. 



