Practical Agriculture. 
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l:ee years old are fattened on turnips to about 18 lbs. per quarter, 
^ad-weight ; but they can be brought to much greater weight, 
'le quality of the mutton is very fine. 
/Black-faces are in great demand for crossing with Leicesters. 
'lie principal fairs for them are at Lanark, Falkirk, Inverness, Fairs. 
Irriemuir, Stagshaw, and Brough Hill. Among the most 
(linent breeders are Mr. Archibald, of Overshiels, Stow ; Mr. 
^ tken, of Listonshiels, Mid-Lothian ; Mr. Malcolm, M.P., of 
Mtalloch, Argyllshire ; Mr. Moffat, of Gateside, Dumfriesshire ; 
] : Murray, of Eastside, Pennicuik ; Mr. Craig, of Polquheys, 
. rshire ; Mr. Greenshields, of Westown ; Mr. Christopher 
. mstrong, of Alston, Cumberland. 
I'/ie Lonk Breed. — Less hardy than the Black-faces, but Lonks. 
5nilar in some respects, are the Lonk sheep pertaining to the fells 
< Lancashire and Yorkshire, and parts of Derbyshire. The 
l;e and legs are streaked with black and white ; the yellow horns 
<•■ strong and curled, but finer than those of the Black-face. 
le carcass is long, the deficiencies in form being in the light 
1 equarter and narrow loin. The wool is very superior to that 
( the Black-face, and weighs 4^ lbs. or 5 lbs. per fleece on an 
J 'rage; artificially-fed Lonk wethers clipping 7 lbs. to 8 lbs. 
' iree-year-old wethers are commonly killed at 18 lbs. per 
carter, dead-weight ; Show sheep, of course, make double the 
1 ight, or more. 
Among the principal breeders are Mr. Jonathan Peel, of 
1 lowlmere Manor, Clitheroe ; Mr. George Dewhurst, of Raw- 
t stall, Lancashire ; Messrs. John Green and Son, of Tilsden, 
] eds. 
Herdwicks. — Tradition attributes the introduction of this breed Heidwicks. 
i 0 Cumberland by the shipwreck of a Spanish vessel on the 
ttst, near Duddon Sands, and it existed in the neighbourhood for 
I ong time before it spread and displaced the native Fell sheep in 
( mberland, Westmoreland, and parts of Lancashire. On the 
a hority of Mr. H. A. Spedding, of Mirehouse, Keswick, the legs 
3:1 faces of the lambs are black, or black with a few white flecks; Poiuts. 
U by the time they are two years old all the black has become 
i sty or silver-grey, darkening slightly toward the forehead, 
( ept a blue-black mark or patch at the back of the neck, any 
1 )\vn tinge being a defect, as indicating a lesser degree of hardi- 
r >s in the animal. In every flock there are darker coloured sheep, 
a black tinge is not objected to. The eye is bright ; the 
( head has a tuft on it ; the ears are white and sharp, and the 
ol should come well up to them — in the case of rams forming 
ind of wave of a dark colour. The fore legs are wide apart ; 
■ breast is well forward, and the body is well ribbed up, the 
nmonest defect being a slackness behind the shoulder. The 
