 ... and deep; both fore and hind legs stand wide, round, and straight in the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips, shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind and makes...  General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex - Page 279by Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1808 - 473 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...stand wide ; they are round and straight in the barrel ; broad upon the loin and hips; shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh in the inner...South Down leg of mutton remarkably round and short. The South Down farmers breed their sheep with faces and legs of a colour, just as suits their fancy... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Animal Industry - Animal industry - 1891 - 516 pages
...the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips, shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds; thin, speckled... | |
 | 1891 - 518 pages
...the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips, shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds; thin, speckled... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Animal Industry - Veterinary medicine - 1891 - 516 pages
...the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips, shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds: thin, speckled... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - Sussex (England) - 1904 - 460 pages
...well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh in the inner part of the thigh that gives a fulness when viewed behind, and makes a South Down leg of...round and short, more so than in most other breeds." John Ellman by no means satisfied all his fellow breeders 284 THE SOUTH DOWN SHEEP CHAP. that he was... | |
 | William James Clarke - Sheep - 1907 - 360 pages
...the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips; shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh, that gives a fullness when viewed behind, and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds; thin speckled... | |
 | Carl Warren Gay - Domestic animals - 1916 - 552 pages
...straight in barrel; wide on the loin and hips; shut well in the«twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind, and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably «ound and short, more so than other breeds; thin speckled legs... | |
 | Charles Sumner Plumb - Domestic animals - 1920 - 842 pages
...the barrel ; wide upon the loin and hips ; shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh, that gives a fullness when viewed behind, and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds ; thin speckled... | |
 | United States - 1891 - 536 pages
...the barrel; wide upon the loin and hips, shut well in the twist, which is a projection of flesh on the inner part of the thigh that gives a fullness when viewed behind and makes a Southdown leg of mutton remarkably round and short, more so than in most other breeds; thin, speckled... | |
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