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Title: Sheep, breeds and management
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wrightson, John
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: London, Vinton
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ed by well-sprung ribs,great girth, grand loins, straight and ample quarters, andgood dock. The leg must be well filled inside and out, and as round as a cricket-ball. The fleece must be board-like in its firmness, and show cracks down to the skin, asthe animal turns, presenting a firm and springy appearance.Arthur Young saw the Glynde flock in 1776, and says, Mr.EUmans flock of sheep, I must observe in this place, is un-questionably the first in the country, the wool the finest,and the carcase the best proportioned ; both these valuableproperties are united in the flock at Glynde. He has raisedthe merit of the breed by his unremitting attention, and itnow stands unrivalled. The attention of the Farmer Kingwas early directed to the Glynde flock, and it is not im-probable that the Royal patronage conferred upon the elderEllman was the original cause of the Southdown being takenup by the reigning family, as well as by many of our nobility.The Southdown has been spoken of as a gentlemans
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THE SOUTHDOWN. 49 sheep on account of its beauty, its adaptability for park life,and its extraordinary quality of flesh, especially if the sheepis allowed to attain the age of four years. The mutton isclose grained, dark in colour, tender, juicy, and yields a richgravy. The joints are not too big, and the proportion of leanmeat is large. The Southdown has also been spoken of as abutchers sheep, because it lays up a large proportion pfloose or inside fat and suet. It proves, or dies well, and maybe relied upon to scale heavier than appearance warrantedbefore slaughtering. The Southdown sheep boasts a purerlineage than most of our improved races. It has beenalleged that a Leicester cross was made, but, according toYouatt, this cross was a failure, as well as that attemptedwith the Merino, so that the Southdown stands out promi-nently as a breed improved by pure selection, and not fromcrossing. It is one of the indigenous races peculiar to the chalk hillsof the southern counties, and app

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