28 BULLETIX 94, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICrLTURE. 
The following is the scale of points of the Suffolk Sheep Society of 
England : 
Points. 
Head: Hornless; face black and long, and muzzle moderatly fine, especially in 
ewes. (A small quantity of clean, white wool on the forehead not objected to.) 
Ears, a medium length, black and fine texture. Eyes, bright and full 25 
Xeck: Moderate length and well set (in rams stronger, with a good crest) 5 
Shoulder: Broad and oblique 5 
Chest: Deep and wide 5 
Back and loin: Long, level, and well covered with meat and muscle; tail broad 
and well set up. The ribs long and well sprung, with a full flank 20 
Legs and feet: Straight and black, with fine and flat bone. Wooled to knees and 
hocks; clean below. Fore legs set well apart. Hind legs well filled with 
mutton 20 
Belly (also scrotum of rams) : Well covered with wool 5 
Fleece: Moderately short; close, fine fiber without tendency to mat or felt together, 
and well defined, i. e., not shading off into dark wool or hair 10 
Skin: Fine, soft, and pink color 5 
Total 100 
THE CHEVIOT. 
The origin of the Cheviot is obscure. There is an old legend to 
the effect that they came out of the sea, presumably having swam 
ashore from one of the wrecked ships of the Spanish Armada. Another 
theory is that they are the sole representatives of an old type that 
in ages past occupied a large portion of Scotland. Flocks of the 
breed are said to have been maintained by the monks of this region 
during the Middle Ages on the pasture lands surrounding the mon- 
asteries. The breed is an old one at any rate. They received their 
present name about 1791, but are locally known as the ''long sheep" 
in contradistinction to the " short" or Black-faced Highland sheep. 
As stated before, the Cheviot is an extremely old breed. As early 
as 1757, Mr. Robson, of Belford, purchased some Lincolnshire rams to 
use upon his flock and by so doing made considerable improvement 
in the breed. Edminstoun and Kerr, other eminent Cheviot breed- 
ers, followed the same practice and likewise'got good results. Later, 
Leicester blood is said to have been introduced, carrying with it the 
improvements that this breed almost invariably effected, namely, 
early maturity and improvement of form. For a long term of years 
the breed has been kept pure, any later attempts to introduce new 
blood having failed. 
The distribution of the Cheviot to-day is through the counties of 
Roxbury, Dumfries, Peebles, and Sutherland, in Scotland, and 
Northumberland, in England. At the beginning of the last century 
the Cheviot became very popular and crowded back the Black- 
faced Highland to a considerable extent. The principal reason for 
this was that the wool of the former was in high demand, and the 
Cheviot was consequently more profitable than the Black-face. 
