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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Long-wooled Sheep. 
There aro hut a few kinds of long-wooled sheep that have held their own 
in the improvement of the race for the last 100 years, sufficiently to be 
widely disseminated in the United States. These are the Leicester, Cots- 
wold, Lincoln and Romney Marsh. Of these, Leicester, as improved by 
Bakewell and succeeding breeders, has perhaps exercised a more potent 
i'effect in crossing than any other of the long-wooled varieties. They fat- 
ten very kindly, and the best wethers will weigh at twelve to fifteen 
months old from 20 to 25 pounds per quarter, and at two years old from 
30 to 38 pounds per quarter. The fleeces aro valuable as long combing 
wool, and will weigh from 7 to 8 pounds each. 
LEICESTER SAM. 
I. Loicesters. 
This breed is pure white, tolerably hardy, without horns, the head 
small and clean, eyes bright, neck and shoulders square and deep, the 
back straight, carcass full, hind-quarters tapering io the tail, legs clean, 
with fine bone, flesh succulent in quality, not the bebt, being much too 
fat for American palates ; nevertheless, the grades make good meat with 
the single exception of possessing too much outside fat. Leicesters 
require the best of care and shelter, and of course good feeding. The 
ewes are not the best of mothers, and the young lambs require special 
attention. The wool is among the most valuable of any, being in especial 
