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likened to the dairy cow, and the mutton type resem- 

 bles beef cattle in general make up. 



The following are the common breeds of sheep : 



r American Merino 1 



Wool Type Fine Wool -j Rambouillet Merino >- Merinos 

 *> Delaine Merino 



1 Southdown ^ 

 Hampshire 

 SfSown ' 

 Suffolk 

 Dorset 



Type I" Cheviot 



I Cotswold 

 1 Lincoln 

 L Leicester 



Long Wool 



Downs 



Mountain 



Long Wools 



Merinos. These breeds are the most important in 

 the world to-day in point of numbers and yield of wool. 



A FLOCK OF MERINO RAMS. 



They were first developed, so far as we know, in Spain. 

 Merinos form the greater proportion of the flocks of 

 our own Western States. The Merino has not the 

 smooth, plump, round form of the breeds of the mut- 

 ton type, being more angular, thin and ungainly. On 



