Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-12

station recently published a
 m the Cheviot sheep, from make the following extracts:
 gOO miles north of London,
 tbe dividing line between
 and Scotland, lies a group of and hills. These are not
 ,agged, stone-capped noun
 .b as are familiar to the New 2 ~ but rather smooth-faced .overed with grass and vege- E their summits. These are
 got Hills. Among them a few
 ome height, of which the Chey-
 r6 feet. and Carter Fell, rising s4 are the most prominent = 9ese hills mainly prevail in ' part of Northumberland E England, and in Roxburg
 scotland. Writing of this re-
 796, John Naismyth says the
 nbeviot region is naked and
 d is now an unbreken con
 p of sheep pastures, except
 dtlyation as is made for the
 Rodation of the flock. He tells
 bntiful, smooth, low. yerdant
 Ministers of fine, smooth knolls,
 with sweetest yerdure, and
 heat range of good pasture of nature. Yet, he also writes
 fertile parts, which having lain
 elected, the surface water has
 On the soil, destroyed the sweet d and brought a growth of X in its place, and further. that he southwest of CheYiot, the
 bp o< the ridge is covered with < of peat earth, in some places
 barSe and miry, producing va Finds of moorish herbage."
 siption of the Cheyiot.-Howard am describes the sheep as fol- "A Cheviot ram, when arrived |shlrity, weighs in good flesh at @0 pounds live weight. He has sAy carriage, bright eyes and of action. His head is of me Rngth, broad between the eyes, 9Yered with short, fine white His ears, nicely rounded and not Oag, should rise erect from the How set or dropping ones are de- saults, but at the same time they [ not be what are called hare af that is, too near each other, 4 indicates a narrow face, which SAy denotes a narrow body. His shd nostrils must be black, full sAles open; his neck strong and lo1g; his breast broad and .ssssr s the legs set well apart. His spst be well sprung and carried laek toward the hook bones, as weak back is about the worst | Cheviot can have. His back IR broad and we'll covered with E his hind quarters full, straight Qhare; the tail well hung and dringed with wool. His legs stand squarely from the body (if bcks, either out or in, and espe- the latter, are looked upon as ess); the bone must be broad q and all must be covered with hard, white hair. He will grow ee weighing twelve to fifteen \ of fairly fine wool, densely and of equal quality; coarseness Stops of the hooks is decided h The wool should meet the S the ears and cheeks in a de- hffie; baroness there or at the is inadmissible, and it should ncely down to the hooks and
 The breast and belly are also 5gered. The same description, nodifed, will apply to the eve 'hich will weigh 150 pounds. Es, whRS in a natural state, must her wool, as hard feeding in- Q make it stronger; but it must
 and dense and not too short. Eject Cheviot is one which will ld thrive we'll on the hardest nd when taken to better ground Itself equal to the occasion by 8 larger and becoming easily q The ewes are also great and very prolific.
 That Costs Nothing.-During Inner season, when allowed to for themselves, each fowl gath Ieral ounces of meat daily. the supply of grasshoppers' lies and worms fails, it may be Cd from the table, the scrap pot market. Green food may be ed in cabbage, vegetables, ap- cut clover. A warm breakfast be given on cold days and hould be no lack in the supply k. A meat diet with grain and les isS essential to the well be- fowls during the cold weather, 1orms. bugs and insects are not ound by the birds, but in sum- e fowls can secure such foods A nerieau Hardening