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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



The accompanying representation was taken from specimens of this breed imported from 

 Karamania, in Asiatic Turkey, by W. W. Chenery of Highland Stock Farm, Belmont, Massa 

 chusetts. It is stated on the best authority that the fat-tailed sheep of the Kirghis, after 

 being bred for a few generations in Russia, will lose this peculiar characteristic that had 

 before distinguished them. 







CABAMAN OB FAT-TAILED SHEEP. 



Owned by W. W. Chenery of Belrnont, Massachusetts. 



Dorsets. This is a very ancient breed of sheep found in the country of Dorset and 

 vicinity, England. They are a hardy race, and resemble the Merino in general form, but in 

 no other respect. They are particularly distinguished for being prolific, and are valuable for 

 supplying early lambs for the market, as the lambs dropped in October are ready for table 

 use at Christmas. This early breeding and prolific tendency are what have prevented the 

 extinction of the breed, as they are otherwise not particularly valuable. They have even 

 been known to produce lambs twice in the same year, and have long been used for supplying 

 the London market. They are a white-faced horned sheep, with wool of medium quality, 

 weighing about four pounds per fleece; are quite robust, and will subsist on scanty pasturage 

 better than many breeds. Some varieties of the breed have a tinge of dun in the face and 

 legs, but are usually pure white. 



CheYiots. This breed is found mostly in the hilly border counties between England 

 and Scotland, and are a very hardy race. In general appearance they somewhat resemble the 

 Border Leicester. The wool belongs to the middle class, and is used for the manufacture of 

 goods commonly known as &quot;tweeds.&quot; The best quality of this wool is said to be produced 

 from dry, sweet herbage. 



Black-Faced, or Heath Breed. These sheep belong to the mountain breeds of 

 England, and are found in the mountainous parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, 

 etc., and the Highlands of Scotland. Both rams and ewes have horns, those of the former 

 being very large and spirally twisted. They have nothing of the russet or brown color that 

 distinguishes the Down family, the face and legs being either black or specked with black, 

 with an occasional tendency to this marking on the fleece. They are an extremely hardy 

 race that could not well be dispensed with in their locality, or their place substituted by the 

 more improved breeds, as they are capacitated to endure cold and hunger, getting a fair sub- 



