240 Tlie Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. 
French Charmoise race — a cross between the Berrichon and New 
or Improved Kentish of England — has also been used with good 
results in crossing with these breeds. The latter cross, less vio- 
lent than that of the Southdown or Leicester, because of its affi- 
nity to the Berrichon, has become verv popular with some flock- 
owners. The Section contained some twenty entries, and among 
the lot were some very fair sheep, In the tup class a thirteen- 
month-old Solognot, firm on the back, brown in the face, and in 
general appearance a little like the English Southdown, came 
first ; while the second and third prizes went to Berrichon tups, 
one of which had a short thick head, fair body, good rib, but 
short quarters. The other was neat, but rather light round the 
waist. The Solognot variety again came to the front in the female 
class, the winning pen in each case belonging to M. Lefebvre- 
Laforge, Saint- Florent, Loiret. The females were even little 
animals, brown in the face and of fair quality. The second 
prize here went to a Crevant pen, also small in size and pre- 
senting some likeness to English Leicesters. The other varieties 
in the Section were of inferior merit. 
French Mountain Sheep. — These breeds seem to be numerous, 
but hardly any of the specimens of them exhibited were above 
mediocritv. Tlie Section contained fifty entries, which repre- 
sented about a dozen different races or sub-races. The Larzac, 
of which six were shown, is found principally in Aveyron. The 
animals are small, and narrow in the chest ; the wool is coarse 
and strong, but the flesh is said to be of nice quality. The 
breed is famous for its milking properties, and its milk is largely 
used in the manufacture of the celebrated Roquefort cheese. 
The Laurag-nais, original! v belonging: to the neig:hbourhood of 
Castelnaudary, has spread into Haute-Garonne, Aude, Gers, 
Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Ariege. Like the Larzac 
race, it is hornless, the head is moderately fine, the body large, 
the chest deep, quarters long, and wool coarse and thick. It 
is very prolific, and its milk is also used in the manufacture 
of cheese. The second prize in the male class fell to a speci- 
men of this tribe, owned by M. Bajol, Aude. This tup, 
only thirteen months old, was large and symmetrical, and re- 
sembled the Cheviot breed about the head and face. The first 
prize was awarded to a specimen of the Barharin race, shown by 
jNI. Tempier, Gard. Brown in the legs, partly brown in the 
face, this animal had long hanging ears of the same colour, a 
long narrow frame, bare of flesh, but well-covered with wool of 
fine texture. The legs were rather long and coarse, and on the 
tail there was a strange development measuring about eight inches 
in breadth. A pen of the same race and ownership was also 
first among the females. Tliese were large, and good on the 
