168 CLASSIFICATION OF SHEEP. 



The middle wools comprise the Southdown, Dorset, Shrop- 

 shire, Suffolk, Hampshire, Oxford, and Cheviot. 



The long, coarse, wooled breeds are the Leicesters, Lin- 

 coins, and Cotswolds. 



The influence of climate and food are so great in causing 

 variations in the character of breeds of sheep that in time 

 these classifications may have to be adjusted, but for the 

 present they are sufficiently accurate to guide us in the 

 selection of a breed to suit our condition and fulfill the ob- 

 ject sought for. 



