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brought to America in 1885, and, while there are numerous 

 flocks in the eastern states, more especially in Pennsylvania 

 and New York, the breed as yet can hardly be called popular. 

 The Cheviot sheep comes from the Cheviot Hills in the 

 border country between England and Scotland. Here the 

 land rises into grass-topped mountains, reaching nearly 4,000 



Figure 147. A pen of Horned Dorset ewes, champions at a show of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. Photograph from The National Stock- 

 man and Farmer. 



feet above the sea. Grass is the universal crop, and here 

 this breed of sheep has been raised for long beyond a cen- 

 tury, and gradually improved during the passing years. 

 To-day the Cheviot is a medium-wool, fair-sized sheep, the 

 rams weighing around 200 pounds at maturity, and the 



