Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-25
The Cheviot Sheep.

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 Spout 300 miles north of London.
 fling the dividing line between
 ngland and Scotland, lies a group Cs mountains and hills. These are not rough, ragged. stone. capped moun- tains, such as are familiar to the New Bnglander, but rather smooth-faced instead, covered with grass and yege- tation to their summzts. These are the Cheviot Hills. Among them a few rise to some height, of which the Chev- iot at 2,676 feet, and Carter Fell, rising 1915 feet. are the most prominent points. These hills mainly prevail in the north part of Northumberland
 county, England, and in Roxburg county, Scotland. Writing of this re- zion in 1796, John Naismyth says the whole Cheviot region is naked and open, and is now an unbroken COZ tinua#ion of sheep pastures. except euch 8altiyation 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 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 verdure, 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 Iious kinds of moorish herbage."
 Description of the Cheviot.-Howard II. Keim describes the sheep as fol- lows. A Cheyiot ram, when arrived at maFarity, weighs in good flesh at least 200 pounds live weight. He has a lively carriage, bright eyes and plenty Of action. His head is of me dium 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 bead-low set or dropping ones are de- tided faults. but at the same time they should not be what are called hare lugged, that is, too near each other, as that indicates Q 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 the legs set well apart. His Tbs must be well sprung and carried well back toward the hook bones, as q long weak back is about the worst fault Cheviot can have. His back must be broad and well covered with muttoIa his hind quarters full, straight a1d square; the tail well hung and nicely fringed with wool. His legs must stand sqnare1y from the body tif bent hooks, either out or in, and espe- eially the latter, are looked upon az weakness); the bone must be broad and fiat, and all must he covered with htort, hard. white hair. lie will grow 3 fleece weighing twelve to fifteen pounds of fairly fine wool, densely grown and of equal quality; coarseness 6n the tops of the hooks is a decided blemisb. The wool should meet the hair at the ears and cheeks in & de eided ruffie; baroness there or at the throat is inadmissible, and it should grow nicely down to the hooks and sknees The breast and belly are also .well covered The same description, |wheH modified. will apply to the eve also. which will weigh 150 pounds. .Gbeyiots, when in a natural state, must .grow finer wool, as hard feeding in- scIines to make it stronger; but it must te stiff and dense and not too short. #Ihe perfect Cheviot is one which will Dive and thrive we'll on the hardest keep, and when taken to better ground prove itself equal to the occasion by growing9 larger and becoming easily fattened. The ewes are also great Rilkers and very prolific.
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