VARIETIES OF SHEEP AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS. 



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to 90 pounds of superior mutton at fourteen months of age. They are 

 hardy, herd well, and are good feeders. They have a head much like 

 the Cotswold, with the tuft on the forehead, but with dark gray face and 

 legs like the Hampshires, but the grey is lighter than that of the South- 

 Downs. The fleece is thick and somewhat curled, giving 8 to 10 pounds 



each, yearly, for the ewes, and twelve to fifteen pounds for the rams. 

 The wool is six to seven inches long, lustrous, neither hairy nor harsh, 

 but even in quality. This breed has as yet been but sparsely introduced 

 into tjie United States, but wherever it has fallen into good hands, has 

 been much liked, and is fully worthy of more extended trial, especially on 



