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PRINCIPLES OF FARM PRACTICE 



Mutton type. Sheep of these breeds bear the same 

 relation to those of the wooled type as cattle of the beef type 

 bear to those of the dairy type. Their conformation is similar 

 to that of beef cattle blocky with well developed back, 

 loin, and hindquarters. 



Mutton breeds are of two classes, long-wooled and medium- 

 wooled. The former includes the Leicester, Cotswold, and 



Heavy mutton type long wool. Lincoln breed. 

 (University of Illinois.) 



Lincoln; the latter, the Southdown, Shropshire, Oxford, 

 Hampshire, Dorset, and Cheviot. 



Long-wooled breeds. Sheep of these breeds are large, 

 with heavy fleeces of long, coarse wool. They are adapted 

 to level regions and will do well on lands too low for sheep 

 of medium- wooled breeds. They require for their best de- 

 velopment an abundance of feed. 



Medium- wooled breeds. These breeds are valuable for 

 the production of both mutton and wool, but chiefly for 



