50 BULLETIN 94, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The Wensleydale is a large, high-standing, hornless, long-wool 
breed, very active and hardy. The face and legs, and the entire 
skin to a less degree, are blue. This color is preferable because 
dark-faced lambs are desired when this breed is crossed upon the 
Black-faced Highland. These lambs are known as " crosses," or 
"Mashams," in Britain. The mutton is of good quality, the fleece 
is long and open, the locks failing in close ringlets, and the fiber is of 
good quality. They are said to be quite fertile and to make good 
mothers. 
In England there are rival breed associations. Both of these asso- 
ciations were founded about 1890. One was known as the Pure 
Select Wensleydale Sheep Breeders' Association, but changed its 
name later to the Incorporated Wensleydale Sheep Breeders' Asso- 
ciation. This society holds its annual fair at Hilhfield. The other is 
called the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders ' Association, and 
this society's fair is held at Northallerton. The scale of points of 
the latter English Society will be given, as there is no American 
society. 
SCALE OP POINTS FOR WENSLEYDALE RAMS. 
Points. 
Head: Face dark; ears dark and well set on; head broad and flat between ears; 
muzzle strong in rams; a tuft of wool on forehead; eyes bright and full; head 
gaily carried 15 
Keck: Moderate length, strong, and well set on to the shoulders 10 
Shoulder: Broad and oblique 5 
Chest: Deep and wide 10 
Wool : Bright luster; curled all over body ; all alike in staple 20 
Back and loins: Ribs well sprung and deep; loins broad and covered with meat; 
tail broad ; flank full 25 
Legs and feet: Straight and a little fine wool below the hock; fore legs well set 
apart; hind legs well filled with mutton 15 
Total 100 
THE DARTMOOR. 
On either side of the Dartmoor in Devonshire a type of sheep has 
developed that is designated as the Dartmoor breed. Some claim 
that the foundation stock of this breed was the same as that of the 
Exmoor, and this theory is as plausible as any, but for at least three 
generations the breed has been distinct from the Exmoor in that they 
are considerably larger and produce heavier, longer fleeces in which 
the staples are more distinct. 
Like the other long-wool breeds, the Dartmoor was considerably 
improved years ago by the Leicester, Lincoln blood also being intro- 
duced about this time. 
The breed has never been very widely distributed, but they have 
proven an excellent sheep in their native moor. Their extreme hardi- 
ness enables them to withstand the rigors of the winters of the Dart- 
