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strong-boned ana lengthy. Especially noted for early develop- 

 ment of lambs. They are vigorous and prepotent. The wool 

 is short, dense, strong, and slightly coarse. 



Suffolk. — Faces and legs deep black color. They are large 

 sheep when mature ; lengthy and straight in form. Noted 

 chiefly for prolificness and good milking and nursing qualities. 

 A large percentage of lambs are reared in flocks of this breed; 

 wool medium in quality and length. 



Oxford. — Face either brown or gray, and lengthy. When 

 mature they are the heaviest of the Down breeds, being larger in 

 size and heavier in bone. Their fleece is also heavier and the 

 fibre longer, coarser, and more open than most others. Squarer 

 in form than the Shropshires, and not so closely covered with 

 wool. Adapted to strong land; respond readily to high feeding. 



Leicester. — Face bare and pure white, body square, straight, 

 forequarters exceptionally full, hindquarters rounded slightly. 

 Offal is light, bone fine, but fat too plentiful. The Border 

 type is stronger boned, heavier, and more vigorous than the 

 English. The Leicester has been extensively used for crossing 

 on grades. Wool lustrous, five or six inches long, soft, but 

 too frequently open and absent on the belly. 



Cotswold. — Face white or slightly mixed with gray. Form 

 large, square, upstanding, and stylish. A tuft of wool grows 

 from forehead; fleece open, long, and heavily yielding. Body 

 long, level, and wide. The gray-faced strain is considered 

 hardier than the white-faced. The popularity of the breed lies 

 in the large yield of wool and of mutton, though the quality of 

 both is deficient. 



Lincoln. — The largest of the long-wooled breeds. The wool 

 is long and coarse, and especially lustrous. Square in form 

 and, when mature, very heavy. The mutton lacks quality. 



Cheviot. — Face bare, white, hornless; wool fine, and the 

 fleece dense and even. Mutton agreeably flavored and fine- 

 grained. They are hardy, active, prolific, and the lambs come 

 active. They clip about four pounds of fine wool. Adapted to 

 rough and high pasturage. 



Dorset. — Face white ; rams and ewes horned. Type : long, 

 round-bodied, and compactly built. Wool medium in length, 

 fineness, and weight; average clip 6 pounds. Chief character- 



