642 SHEEP 



This cross and their grades were continued with substantial satis- 

 faction, many thousand ewes being bred. Lincoln rams have been 

 used to some extent on Merino grade ewes on our Western 

 ranges, yet not in a large way. 



The Lincoln as a grazing sheep is best adapted to moderately 

 dry upland meadows, where food is abundant. In the hill coun- 

 try the breed has never made a success and has not secured 

 a foothold. Some English writers have called attention to the 



Fig. 303. A Lincoln ram from New Zealand exhibited in 1915 at the Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition. Such a curly foretop is unusual with this breed. From 

 photograph, by courtesy of the American Sheep Breeder 



eminent fitness of the Lincoln to the meadows of Lincolnshire, 

 but further note the fact that they soon deteriorate in most other 

 parts of England. In Argentina, where great pastures of superior 

 quality exist, Lincolns have long met with much favor. 



The breeding quality of the Lincoln is not of the first rank. 

 The ewes are good mothers but produce only a fair amount of 

 milk and are not of more than average fecundity. 



The Lincoln as a wool producer is of special interest. No breed 

 probably furnishes so long a fleece. Wrightson reports samples 

 of Lincoln wool in his possession 21 inches long. The standard 



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