Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
The Chevint shne..

Ths Cheviot sheev.
 Prof. c. 5. Plumb of the Indiana Ex- pertinent Station recently published a pamphlet on the .Cheviot sheep. from which we make the following extracts:
 About 300 miles north of London. forming the dividing line between England and Scotland, lies a group ef mountains and hills. These are not rough, ragged, stone capped noun tains, such as are familiar to the New Englander. but rather smooth-faced instead, covered with grass and vegs- tation to their summ5ts. These are the CheYiot Hills. Among them few rise to some height, of which the Chey- tot at 2,676 feet, and Carter Fell, rising 1,815 feet, are the most prominent points. These hills mainly prevail In the r0rth part of Northumberland county, England, and in Roxburg county, Scotland. Writing of this re- zion in 1796, John Naismyth says the whole GheViot region is naked and open, and is now an unbroken con tinuation of sheep pastures, except such cultivation as is made for the accommodation of the flock. He tells of beautiful. smooth, low, verdant hills, clusters of fine, smooth knolls. covered with sweetest verdure, and of a great range of good pasture of mixed nature Yet, he also writes of less fertile parts, which having lain long neglected, the surface water has preyed on the soil, destroyed the sweet verdure, and brought a growth of mossea in it's place, and further that upon the southwest of Cheyiot, the plain top of the ridge is covered with 3 coat of peat earth, in some places Very coarse and miry.' producing va rious kinds of moorish herbage"
 Description of the Cheviot.-Howard II. Keim describes the sheep as fol- lows "A Cheyiot ram, when arrived at maturity, weighs in good flesh at least 200 pounds live weight. He has a lively carriage, bright eyes and plenty or action. His head is of me- dium length, broad between the eyes. we'll covered with short, fine white hair His ears, nicely rounded and not too long, should rise erect from the head-low set or dropping ones are de- cided faults, but at the same time they should not be what are called "hare- lugged" that is, too near each other as that indicates a narrow face, which generally denotes a narrow body. Ills nose and nostrils must be black, full and wide open; his neck strong and not too long; his breast broad and open, with the legs set well apart. His ribs must be well sprung and carried well back toward the hook bones, as a long weak back is about the worst fault Cheviot can have. His back must be broad and well covered with mutton; his hind quarters full, straight and square: the tail well hung and nicely fringed with wool. His legs must stand squarely from the body (if bent hooks, either out or in, and espe- cially the latter, are looked upon as weakness); the bone must be broad and fiat, and all must he covered with short, hard, white hair. He will grow a fleece weighing twelve to fifteen pounds of fairly fine wool densely grown and of equal quality; coarseness on the tops of the hooks Is decided blemish. The wool should meet the hair at the ears and cheeks in de- cided ruffle; baroness there or at the throat is inadmissible, and it should grow nicely down to the hooks and knees. The breast and belly are also we'll covered The same 6escriDtfon when modified, will apply to the eve also, which will weigh 150 pounds. Cheviots, when in natural state, must grow finer wool, as hard feeding in clines to make it stronger; but it must be stiff and dense and not too short The perfect Cheyiot is one which will live and thrive we'll on the hardest keep, and when taken to better ground prove itself equal to the occasion by growing larger and becoming easily fattened. The ewes are also great pilkers and very proliae