35 FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



Southdown. The Southdown, well illustrated by the 

 group of ewes at pasture, is an older breed than the 

 Hampshire. The illustration shows the ewes freshly 

 shorn, and it is easy to see how plump and round are 

 their bodies. Southdowns have brown faces and legs, 

 are of comparatively small size, very active, hardy and 

 easily fattened sheep; their wool is short but of high 

 quality, making good clothing. It is customary among 



PRIZE PEN OF DORSET EWES. 



all sheep men to say, of their favorites, " As good as a 

 Southdown " ; few venture to claim anything better in 

 form or fattening powers. 



Dorsets. These are white-faced sheep belonging 

 possibly to the mountain breeds, being more strikingly 

 white-faced and white-fleeced than almost any other 

 breed, even their noses are pink, and there seems to be 

 no dark pigment about them whatever. Their native 

 home is in the south of England, where centuries ago 



