618 SHEEP HORNLESS DARK-FACED SHORT-WOOLS 



Society at Kelso in the middle of September, shows the very 

 important position the breed occupies in the Southern 

 counties of Scotland, and also how it is gradually supplanting 

 the Border Leicester rams for crossing purposes. The 

 special merit of the Oxford Down cross is the larger propor- 

 tion of lean mutton to fat than is given by the progeny of the 

 pure Border Leicester ram. 



i Of Downs in 1906 there were 02 Suffolks, 55 Hampshires, and the others were Oxfords. 



