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rapidly. As wool producers, this is a breed that should do 

 better. The fleece tends to be short and the weight light, 

 ranging around 6 pounds for average animals. These sheep 

 were first brought to America in 1885, and while there are 



Fig. 48. A pen of Horned Dorset ewes, champions at the show of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. Photograph from the National Stockman 

 and Farmer. 



numerous flocks in the Eastern states, the breed can hardly 

 be called popular as yet. 



The Cheviot sheep comes from the Cheviot Hills in the 

 border country between England and Scotland. Here the 

 land rises into high grass-topped mountains nearly 4000 



