NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER, N. Y, APRIL 19, 1873 
[Entered according to Act of CongroM, In tho year 1873, by D. D. T. Mooan, In tho office of the Llbrarli .. Congroaa, at Washington,] 
n very fine specimen of flic Cheviot tub. The 
said sheep showed a style! and conformation 
rarely equalled, and were particularly good 
in their necks and heads. Our opinion, how¬ 
ever, is, that the flocks tracing the closest 
lineal descent from the Dishly, untainted by 
any other strain of blood, selected and crossed 
with taste and judgment, tended with care, 
and “all appliances and means to boot;,” are 
still the host in the Border district. When 
so bred, they posses the following conforma¬ 
tion. 
The head of fair size, with profile slightly 
aquiline, tapering to the muzzle, but with 
strength of Jaw and wide nostril; the eyes 
full ami bright, showing both docility and 
courage ; the ears of .fair size, and well set; 
the neck thick at the base, with good neck 
veiu, and tapering gracefully to where it 
joins tho head, which should stand well up ; 
the chest broad, deep, and well forward, 
descending from the neck in a perpendicular 
line; the shoulders broad and open, but 
showing no coarse points ; from where the 
neck and shoulders join, to the rump should 
describe a straight line, the latter being fully 
in both arms and thighs the flesh 
Whether some of the early breeders of 
Leicester* in tho Border counties, in imita¬ 
tion of Bakkwkli/s system, tried still fur¬ 
ther to improve them by crossing in with the 
Cheviot, a breed possessing line style and 
quality ; whether the change in tliqirgeneral 
appearance is due to selecting animals of the 
pure breed, high on the leg, wiCli white faces 
and clean bone.; and whether the soil anti cli¬ 
mate have had their influence are questions 
that eau never be satisfactorily answered. 
Certain it is that the distinguishing features 
of tire Yorkshire and Border Leicester*, 
though sprung from the same source, have 
diverged considerably; the former now show 
ing a blueness in their faces and a tuftincss 
hi their legs, while the latter are white and 
clean in bothpnud more what are generally 
called upstandinn sheep. As the Bakowell 
breed in oarlv times are described as having 
Lery), it seems vain to attempt to enumerate 
them. Bakewku. must have had a good 
knowledge of animal physiology, and as his 
aim appears to have been, not so much to 
produce sheep of large size as of tine frame, 
and groat aptitude to fatten, it is probable 
that he connected together animals of the 
purest blood, nearly allied to one another, 
thus producing sires which, in their turn, 
exerted a preponderating influence on their 
progeny. That lie ultimately succeeded in 
establishing a distinct breed, their distin¬ 
guishing feature being a capability of produc¬ 
ing, compared with other breeds, the greatest 
quantity of fat with the smallest consump¬ 
tion of food in tho shortest time, is an ac¬ 
knowledged fact. About the year 1700 Bakr- 
wiiiLL commenced letting Ids rams for the 
season at something like a sovereign each ; 
but so rapidly did their (reputation increase 
that in little more than twenty years they 
had risen about 100 per cent., and in a lew 
years more the demand or mania for the 
breed was such that seemingly fabulous 
prices are said to have been realized—as much 
as £1000 for the season for a single sheep. 
They thus spread into other localities. 
BORDER LEICESTERS 
dcvel iped 
