348 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



probably has the least oil of any of the middle-wool breeds, 

 and is less dense. 



415. Distribution. The principal flocks in America 

 are to be found in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, 

 Pennsylvania, Virginia and Canada, although the sheep 

 are found in other states. A few have been taken to 

 Australia and elsewhere, but they have not the wide 

 dissemination of the other English breeds. They are 

 numerous in their native counties of Dorset and Somerset, 

 in England, while very excellent flocks may be found on 

 islands of Wight and Portland. 



416. Organization and records. The American 

 Dorset-Horn Sheep Breeders' Association was organized in 

 1891, and the Continental Dorset Club in 1897. The 

 former issued two volumes of its flock-book bound together 

 in 1894, and the latter has issued fourteen volumes, 

 recording over 17,000 sheep. The Continental Dorset 

 Club publishes a book on the breed entitled " The Winter 

 Lamb." The Dorset-Horn Sheep Breeders' Society of 

 England was organized in 1891. 



CHEVIOT SHEEP. Fig. 70. 

 By David McCrae 



417. The Cheviot is one of the mountain breeds of 

 Scotland, named after a range of grassy hills on the eastern 

 borderland between England and Scotland. It is noted 

 both for wool- and for mutton-production. 



418. History. The Cheviot has been bred for a very 

 long period on the Scottish borders. The monks of 

 the middle ages had the breed about the pasture lands of 

 the old monasteries ; and to the sheep-farming church-men 



