The Red Cloud chief., 1876-03-09
,ther vsrieties. The head 10 horniess,

other varieties. The head 10 hornless,
and rather long and narrow; ears. thin,
with spots of blush tiDge. The long,
we'll cut ear OF the pure Leicester. with
ito sprightly backward inclination, is q
distinguishing Characteristic OF the
breed, as is also the full, prominent eye,
with quiet and lively expression. The
face and forehead must be bare OF wool,
though covered with q fine coat Of hair
white, with a little inclination to a
blush tint; the body is straight; with
ribs we'll sprung and barrel shaped; the
pelt inclined to be thin; the wool ex-
ceedingly soft, fne, and lustrous, and
should be uniform over the carcass. The
extremities- muzzie and legs-are e1-
ceedingly fine, but the quarters are full
and wide, with hack broad and level.
Indeed, the carcass of the true Leicester
sheep is a. near perfection in form as
can be conceived possible.
The Cotswold, though of late years
modified by the crosses of the Leicester
blood, and, therefore, strongly resem'
bling that breed, is somewhat coarser
and longer in carcass; with q heavy
fleece, which should be al lustroua,
though, not SO fine, az the Leicester.
TIE head is larger, and must have a tuit
of wool on the forehead, which the
Leicester never has.
The Lincoln is as large as the Cots
void, though in other respects, as bred,
very strongly resembling the Leicester.
The head is long, the face narrow and
bare of wool, with white, fine hair and
light Blush tint, as in the Leicester.
They stand rather higher on the leg than
the two varieties before mentioned, and
the carcass is apt to be less symmetrical
but the fleece is longer and heavier, and,
though not quite SO fine as the Leicester,
is unsurpassed in %luster, and therefore
commands the best prices in the mar
kets. It is difficult to describe animals
80 as to enable q person to determine
the pure bred from the monerel; indeed
the best judges are not always able to
detect the presence Of a slight dash OF
inferior blood. One thing the producer
may rely upon-that long-wool sheep
peddled about the country at low price,
are lev pure bred. Indeed, blooded
stock of all sorre should be purchased
of parties that are known as reputable
purchasers-this is the emily reliable secu-
rity the purchaser can have that the AMI.
NAL purchased will turn out what it il
represented to be.
The S%outhdown sheep has a bro d,
rather short, though exceedingly nea,
head; forehead covered with wool, and
the face and legs with grey or brown
hair. The fleece is rather short, of good
telling quality. equal to half bloed
merino, but superior for flannel, etc,
and should be solid and compact, ana OF
uniform quality throughout, without pro.
jecting hairs. The CARCASS should be
straight, with %well-sprung ribs and
broad, level back, having vide quarters
deep flank, and we'll packed twist. This
being held in higher esteem than any
other breed for the production of supe
rior mutton, the full and perfect devel-
opment of carcass is deemed of the
highest importance.
The Hampshire Downs are coarser in
form and fleece, with black faces and
legs.
The Shropshire Downs are a cross
between the %Southdowns and long.
wools-a large breed, with long, coarse
wool, in form resembling the Cotswold,
with black faces and legs. In regard to
this matter of the cOlOrs of the faces
and legs, it - remarkable that while the
Southdowns, which stand at the head OF
all these varieties, have, as before OBJ
served, brown or grey color in these
parts, their crosses on other breeds will
frequently show black faces and legs.
When the object is 10 keep a flock FOR
mutton, rams of this variety are found
exceedingly profitable to cross on ewes OF
almost any other breed. But the nearer
they are to the pure blood the better the