Identifier: sheepbreedsmanag00wrig (find matches)
Title: Sheep, breeds and management
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wrightson, John
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: London, Vinton
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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sHghtly narrow and Roman,but the general form of the face wedge-shaped, and coveredwith short white hairs ; forehead covered with wool, althoughthis is not always the case ; no vestige of horns; earsthin, long and mobile; a black speck on face and earsnot uncommon; a good eye; neck short, and level withback, thick and tapering from skull to shoulders and bosom;breast deep, wide and prominent; shoulders somewhat up-right and wide over the tops ; great thickness from blade toblade or through the heart ; well filled up behind theshoulders, giving a great girth; well sprung ribs, wide loins,level hips, straight and long quarters, tail well set on, goodlegs of mutton, round barrel, great depth of carcase, finebone, a fine curly fleece free from black hairs, well-coveredback and loins, firm flesh, springy pelt, pink skin. Thegeneral form of the carcase square or rectangular; legs wellset on, straight hocks, good pasterns, neat feet. The Leicester is best fattened when from twelve to fifteen
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IMPROVED LINCOLN SHEEP. 21 months old, and the carcase then weighs about 80 to 100 lbs.There is an idea prevalent with some that the day of theLeicester is gone by. Pure-bred Leicesters are liable to layon fat very thickly, and the demand for fat mutton has ceased,so that in this respect these sheep are somewhat at a disad-vantage when compared with Downs. The great value ofthe breed lies in its excellent effects when used for crossingpurposes, and it is premature to state that the Leicester isplayed out. Good stock, although general, is by no meansuniversal, and, besides, the Leicester cross produces won-derful carcases. What, for example, can excel the South-down or Hampshire Down and Leicester cross ? Again,what can be better for certain situations than the crossbetween Leicesters and Cheviots, or Leicesters and Black-faces. Going further afield, the Leicester-Merino is animprovement upon the Merino, as it produces a butcherssheep, as well as a mere wool-carrier. There is scarcely

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