62 CHEVIOT SHEEP. 



been introduced into the United States by Mr. Samuj 

 Campbell, of New York Mills, New York, and by Mr. Sanfor 

 Howard, of Boston, Massachusetts, for Mr. Isaac Stickney, c 

 the same State. Mr. Campbell's sheep must be a cross, for h 

 writes me that he should think their weight of fleece woul 

 be from 6 lbs. to 8 lbs., and that on the 13th of May, 186£ 

 they weighed alive as follows: old ram, 132 lbs.; old ew( 

 103 lbs.; yearling ram, 102 lbs.; two yearling ewes, 99 Ibf 

 and 100 lbs. They have often been crossed successfully i 

 Scotland and the North of England, with larger familiei 

 On the bleak, sterile mountain ranges of North-Eastern Nei 

 York, and portions of New England, they probably woul 

 prove a profitable acquisition. 



The Cheviot Sheep. — Some of these (middle-wooled 

 sheep were introduced into the State of New York a numbe 

 of years since, and were thus mentioned by me in Sheep Hus 

 bandry in the South (1848) : 



" Sheep of this kind have been imported into my immt 

 diate neighborhood and were subject to my frequent inspectio: 

 for two or three years. They had the appearance of sma. 

 Leicesters, but were considerably inferior in correctness c 

 proportions to high-bred animals of that variety. The 

 perhaps more resemble a cross between the Leicester and th 

 old Native or common breed of the United States. Thei 

 fleeces were too coarse to furnish a good carding wool — to 

 short for a good combing one. Mixed with a small lot c 

 better wool, their this year's clip sold for 29 cents per pounc 

 while my heavier Merino fleeces sold for 42 cents per pounc 

 They attracted no notice, and might at any time have bee 

 bought of their owner for the price of common sheep of th 

 same weight. I believe the flock was broken up and sold t 

 butchers and others this spring, after shearing. They wer 

 certainly inferior to the description of the breed by Sir Joh 

 Sinclair, even in 1792, quoted by Mr. Youatt,* and had allth 

 defects attributed to the original stock by CuUy.f The 

 might not, however, have been favorable specimens of th 

 brepd." 



Mr. Spooner thus describes the improved family : — "Thi 

 breed has greatly extended itself throughout the mountain 

 of Scotland, and in many instances supplanted the blacl 

 faced breed ; but the change, though in many cases advantf 



* On Sheep, pp. SS5-fl. + Cully on Live Stock, p 150. 



