PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



List of Officers of the Various Sheep 

 Breeders? Associations 



MERINO Fine wool breeds of related ancestry, but different 

 development. American Merino, Delaine, Rambouillet are best 

 known breeds or strains. All Merinos produce short wool of fine 

 quality, and all are "wrinkled" where the loose skin is bent into 

 folds. American and Delaine-Merino Association, S. M. Cleaver, 

 Secretary, Delaware, Ohio; American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders' 

 Association, Dwight Lincoln, Secretary, Marysville, Ohio. 



SOUTHDOWN Small sheep of mutton type. Mouse brown 

 and gray markings, good feeders, middle wool class, popular. 

 American Southdown Breeders' Association, F. S. Springer, Secre- 

 tary, Springfield, 111. 



SHROPSHIRE Mutton type, middle wool class, black nose 

 and legs, larger than Southdown. Prolific, good feeders, good top- 

 pers. American Shropshire Association, J. M. Wade, Secretary, 

 Lafayette, Ind. 



OXFORD DOWN Much like Shropshire in appearance and 

 general utility; larger. Brownish gray markings. Oxford Down 

 Record Association, W. A. Shafer, Secretary, Hamilton, Ohio. 



HAMPSHIRE DOWN Mutton type, middle wool class. Black 

 face and legs. Smaller than Oxford, larger than Shropshire, 

 The American Hampshire Sheep Association, C. A. Tyler, Scretary, 

 36 Woodland Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



DORSET Medium size, mutton type, horned, prolific, hardy. 

 Good for early lamb production. Continental Dorset Club, Edith 

 Chidester, Secretary, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 



CHEVIOT Good mutton breed, medium size. Distinctive 

 appearance with snow-white head and legs. American Cheviot 

 Society, Edward A. Standford, Secretary, Cooperstown, N. Y. 



LEICESTER Large, long-wool breed. Leicester Breeders' 

 Association, A. J. Temple, Secretary, Cameron, 111. 



COTSWOLD Large, long-wool breed, curly fleece. American 

 Cotswold Association, F. W. Harding, Secretary, Waukesha, Wis. 



LINCOLN Long-wool breed. Largest of all English breeds. 

 National Lincoln Sheep Breeders' Association, Bert Smith, Secre- 

 tary, Charlotte, Mich. 



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