RACES OF SHEEP 243 
10. Leicester—These sheep have white faces, big, 
square bodies and are without horns. They grow long 
wool, that hangs in spirals, with fleeces ranging from 10 
to 12 pounds. Mature rams weigh 230 to 260 pounds and 
mature ewes 200 to 225 pounds. 
They are suited to rich lands 
where an abundance of succu- 
lent food is available. Under 
such conditions they are easy 
keepers and mature early. 
These sheep originated in Eng- 
land, the great Batewell being 
one of the earliest improvers. 
11. Lincoln.—English breed- 
ers used the improved and early refined Leicester with 
the coarser and stronger Lincolnshire sheep breeds. 
From this improvement has come the modern Lincoln, 
the most popular of the long-wooled breeds of sheep. 
They are the heaviest of all breeds, mature ewes weigh- 
ing 230 to 260 pounds and mature rams from 270 to 300 
pounds. Unwashed fleeces 
range from 12 to 15 pounds. 
The breed is without horns, 
the face is white, and a tuft 
of wool grows on the fore- 
head. They graze well on 
rich pastures, but their 
meat, although dressing out 
well on the block, is inferior 
in tenderness and flavor. 
12. Cotswold.—This breed, originating in the moun- 
‘tainous regions of that name, resembles in many ways 
the Leicester and Lincoln. Their legs are longer and 
the body less bulky, a conformation that gives them a 
LEICESTER RAM 
LINCOLN EWE 
