192 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



hanging in long locks or curls, thick but somewhat coarse flesh, 

 lay on much fat, and are more sluggish and indolent in their 

 habits. 



The breeds of long-wool sheep are the Lincoln, Cotswold, and 

 Leicester. The medium-wool breeds are the Southdown, Shrop- 

 shire, Oxford Down, Hampshire Down, Suffolk, Dorset Horn, 

 Cheviot, and Tunis. The breeds of fine- wool sheep are the 

 American Merino, Delaine Merino, and Rambouillet. All of 

 these breeds except the Merinos and the Tunis originated in 

 Great Britain. The American Merino and Delaine Merino were 

 developed in the United States, the Rambouillet in France, 

 and the Tunis in the province of Tunis in Northern Africa. 



Although variations in fleece, size, form, and other points 

 permit the division of all sheep into three groups, there are at 

 basis only two types of sheep mutton type, and fine-wool type. 

 The former includes both the long- and medium- wool groups. 

 The breeds of sheep are therefore classified according to type as 

 follows : 



[Lincoln 



Long-wool breeds j Cotswold 

 [Leicester 



MUTTON TYPE 



Oxford Down 



Medium-wool breeds 



Hampshire Down 

 Suffolk 

 Dorset Horn 

 Cheviot 

 .Tunis 



f [American Merino 



FINE- WOOL TYPE j Fine-wool breeds j Delaine Merino 

 ( [ Rambouillet 



The mutton-type sheep is chiefly valued on account of its 

 ability to make good mutton economically, although the wool- 

 producing ability of the mutton-type sheep constitutes an im- 

 portant part of its value to the farmer. Some of the best mutton- 

 producing breeds have failed to gain much popularity mainly 

 because of their deficiency as wool producers. It is not expected 

 that one type of sheep will excel in both mutton and wool pro- 

 duction, any more than one type of cattle is expected to excel 

 in both beef and milk production, yet it is important that the 

 mutton-type sheep grow a fleece of good density, length, weight, 

 and quality. 



The fine- wool type is mainly a wool proposition. The 

 American Merino is of no more value for mutton than are dairy 



