Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
Tna a:hleyint sheen.

s. Plumb of the Indiana Ex- ent Station recently published a alet en the Cheviot sheep, from we make the following extracts: out BOG miles north of London. ng the dividing line between nd and sootAnd, lies a group of tains and hRls. These are not
 ragged, stone. capped noun such as are familiar to the New nder, but rather smooth-faeed sd, covered with grass and vege-
 to their summ5ts. These are hevIot Hills. Among them few some height, of which the Chev- 2,676 Feet, and Carter Fell, rising feet, are the most prominent }. These hills mainly prevail in sorth part of Northumberland v, England, and 5n Roxburg y, Scotland. Writing of this re- in I796, John Naismyth says the
 Cheviot region is naked and and is now an unbroken con- ion of sheep pastures, except cultivation as is made for the cmodafion of the flock. He tells 'eautiful. smboth. low, verdant clusters Of fine. smooth knolls, sd with sweetest verdure,' and great range of good pasture of ed nature Yet, he also writes fertile parts, which having lain aeglected, the surface water has >l on the soil, destroyed the sweet fe, and brought growth of in its place, and further, that the southwest of Cheviot, the top of the ridge is covered with
 of peat earth, in some places lsoarse and miry,' producing va kinds of mooTish herbage."
 ;ription of the Cheviot. Howard elm describes the sheep as fol-
 A Cheyiot ram, when arrived Gturity, weighs in good flesh at zoo pounds live weight. He has etsly carriage bright eyes and or action. Ais head is of me length. broad between the eyes, covered with short, fine white His ears, nicely rounded and not ngs should rise erect from the How set or dropping ones are de- faults, but at the same time they
 not be what are called hare
 that is, too near each other, t indicates a narrow face, which fly denotes a narrow body. His Ind nostrils must be black, full idle open; his neck strong and spo long; his breast broad and a@ith the legs set well apart. His must be well sprung and carried ack toward the hook bones, as gS weak back is about the worst 6sa Cheviot can have His back noe broad and well covered with d1; his hind quarters full, straight sluare; the tail well hung and sa fringed with wool. His legs stand sQnanly from the body If ys ocks. either out or in, and espe-
 the latter, are looked upon as aess); the bone must be broad ests and all must ne covered with
 hard. white hair. He will grow ,use Weighing twelve to fifteen ri of fairly fine wool, deDsely ma and of equal quality; coarseness m tops of the hooks is a decided bl. Tbe wool should meet the N the ears and cheeks in a de- Tuff1e, bareness there or at the is 5nadmissible, and it should aieely down to the hooks and ,,5 The breast and belly are also rs, yered. The same description, ,,+ glodifed. will apply to the eve .h,. aich will weigh 150 pounds. sa- when in a natural state, must m aer wool, as hard feeding in- ~ make it stronger; but it must
 and dense and not too short,
 feet Gheviot is one which will
 Thrive well on the hardest souhld when taken to better ground althy self equal to the occasion by nteu' larger and becoming easily
 to- The ewes are also greet and an6 very Aro4iae-