Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-28
The cheyLat Sheen.


 prof c. S. Plumb of the Indiana Ex- noriment Station recently published a oamphlet on the Cheviot sheep, from 5sseb we make the following extracts:
 fsbout 300 miles north of London, !. sa..gng the dividing line between E4land and Scotland, lies a group of # fountains and hills. These are not rough, ragged, stone. capped noun +ains. such as are familiar to the New Englander, but rather smooth-faced instead, covered with grass and vegs- tation to their summsts These are the Cheviot Hills Among them a few rEEe to some height, of which the Chew lot at 2,676 feet, and Carter Fell. rising 18f5 feet, are the most prominent noints. These hills mainly prevail in the north part of Northumberland county, Scotland. Writing of this re- zion in 1796, John Naismyth says the whole Cheyiot region is naked and men, and is now an unbroken COR tinuatiOn of sheep pastures, except such cultivation as is made for the aea0mmodation of the flock. He tells ogs beautiful. smooth, low, Yerdant hills clusters of fine, smooth knolls. covered with sweetest Yerdure and Of a great range of good pasture of a 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 verduTe, and brought a growth of nosses in it's place, and further. that upon the southwest of Cheviot. the plain top of the ridge is covered with coat of peat earth, In some places very coarse and miry. producing va rious kinds of moorish herbage."
 Description of the Cheviot.-HoWarA H. Keim describes the sheep as fol- lows: "A Cheviot ram, when arrived at maturity, weighs in good flesh at least 200 pounds live weight. He has a@1ively carriage, bright eyes aad plenty Of action. His head is of me- dtum length, broad between the eyes. well 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- eided 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 His nose and nostrils must be black. full and wide open; his neck strong and not too long: his breast broad and open, with ths legs set well apart. His ribs must be well sprung and carried well back toward the hook bones, as long weak back is about the worst fault CheYiot can have His back must be broad and well covered with mutton: his hind quarters full, straight and square; tha tall well hung and tniceIy frlnged with wool His legs must stand sauarely from the body If bent hooks. either out or in. and espe- cially the latter, are looked upon as Weakness1; the bone must be broad and hat, and all must ha covered with short, hard, white hair. He will grow a fleece weighing twelve to fifteen rounds of fairly fine wool, densely grown and of equal quality; Goarseness on the tops of the hooks is a decided blemish. The wool should meat the hair at the ears and cheeks in g de- cided rufie; baroness there or at ths 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 description. when modified, will apply to the ews also, which will weigh 10O pounds. Cheviots, when in a natural state, must grow finer wool, as hard feeding in- clines to make it stronger; but it must be stitf 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 sy growing larger and becoming easily \, eattened. The ewea are also grs@s Rsllkers and vsrY proNas.
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