THE CORRIEDALE 



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From the above it can be seen that the Corriedale is a very 

 recent breed. In fact it has not been recognized as a breed where 

 might have been expected. Professor Hawkesworth, noted as an 

 Australian authority, in his standard work on sheep and wool, pub- 

 lished in 1906, makes no reference to the Corriedale. The first 

 important American presentation of the breed was by Professor 

 F. R. Marshall in 1915 in Bulletin 313 of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, on " Features of the Sheep Industries 

 of the United States, 

 New Zealand, and 

 Australia compared." 



The importation of 

 the Corriedale sheep in- 

 to North America first 

 took place in 1914, 

 when Professor F. R. 

 Marshall was sent to 

 New Zealand by the 

 United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to 

 study the sheep indus- 

 try of that country and 

 Australia and "for the 

 importation of Corrie- 

 dale and other prom- 

 ising breeds of sheep 



for breeding purposes." As a result of this trip there were landed 

 at San Francisco on December 31, 1914, fifty-three ewes and ten 

 rams, imported as a foundation flock. F. S. King of Wyoming 

 accompanied Professor Marshall on his trip to New Zealand, and 

 in 1915 he imported from the flock of C. H. Ensor, since which 

 time he has brought many Corriedales to America. 



The characteristics of the Corriedale sheep. This is an entirely 

 white breed with a cap of wool over the head to the eyes or 

 beyond, but showing plenty of white hair on the face. The back 

 and loin are said to be especially good, while the hind quarters are 

 thick and of excellent mutton form. In conformation it is a wide 

 mutton sheep and with a depth of rib indicating a good feeder. 



FIG. 310. A Corriedale ewe bred and owned by the 



Wyoming Corriedale Sheep Company, Cheyenne. 



From photograph, by courtesy of the owners 



