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the Cotswold Hills of England. The animals are somewhat 

 upstanding, but are of good mutton form and possess strong, 

 well fleshed backs and loins. The face and ears are covered 

 with white or grayish hairs and the head carries a heavy fore- 

 lock of wool that falls over the face and eyes, as shown in 

 Fig. 175. The animals are among the largest of sheep, ranging 

 from two hundred to two _ , ^.*. 



hundred fifty pounds. 

 The wool hangs in long 

 wavy ringlets all over 

 the body, except the 

 face, and yields a large 

 quantity of fleece. 



Lincoln . The native 

 home of the Lincoln breed 

 (Fig. 176) is England, 

 where conditions are well 

 adapted for the develop- 

 ment of large sheep. The 

 animals are shorter and 

 more compactly built 

 than the Cotswold and 

 show a massive, square 

 mutton frame. The face, 

 ears, and legs below the 

 knees and hocks are cov- 

 ered with white hair. On 

 the head is a tuft of wool. The animals average in weight 

 from two hundred to two hundred fifty pounds and they shear 

 a very heavy fleece. 



200. Fine-wool breeds. The breeds of the fine-wool class 

 are American Merino and Rambouillet. All these fine-wool 

 sheep K-re descendants from Spanish stock. The animals have 

 been bred principally for the production of wool, although in 

 the C type of Merino (see the next paragraph) and the Ram- 



FIG. 175. Cotswold ram. 



