POINTS IN LINCOLNS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1199, 7 August 1911, Page 8

POINTS IN LINCOLNS.

r A PROMINENT BREEDER'S VIEWS.

The-president ,of the Lincoln Breeders' Asrociatiou, Jlasterton, -Mr. W. Pern-, discussing liis favourite breed, says that 'in his opinion the head of a Lincoln is the surest index of breeding, character, ftml strength. , The head should bo full from the nose to the eyes, and the head well set up, with a good slope to the /fhnulders. The ears should be soft without being too low down. Bltick' spots on tho ears were a characteristic of the breed, and it was good to see them. The should be well set up, although .it was not good to have tho head and neck too thick, as it made trouble • at lambing time. It .was better to have a moderate length of loin in view of tho weight of wool a Lincoln had to carrv.

He laid particular stress upon the" im-ipoi-tanco-of good bane. When 'judging an .undeveloped sheep the first, consideration •was the head and second to that bone. If ithe wool of <1. sheep under the jaw was ;«o'ft it was a. sura'indication that it was ifcoft all over. ■ ......

The hair on -the face and legs was of iSTeat importance.. IJ'o liked to see it '"downy," and if- inclined to show dark.'ttoss it wns a sign of constitution and .quality, although this could bo overdone, :as it was quite possible-to'rear a black .fb<*p bv sticking to sheep inclined -to .<!ai'lavssi. lie preferred a medium lock. ;Tjufc it was of the utmost importance to have. good wool on the back. The back ■wool 1 hod to stand rain and -sun., and-if ;-not strong would become light and fuzzy. 'The wool should be strong near the skin and well set on! ' ' '