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good mutton. Large numbers of Merinos are raised in 

 the southwestern states of our country. They are par- 

 ticularly adapted to warm climates. 



The Delaine is de- 

 scended from the 

 Merino. It is larger 

 and stronger than 

 the Merino, and is 

 freer from wrink- 

 les. This breed is 

 coming in favor for 

 its mutton. 



The Rambouillet, 

 or French Merinos, 

 are the largest of the 

 Merinos and have a 

 mutton form. The 

 fleece is not so heavy 

 in proportion to the 

 size of the sheep as 



the MerinOS ^ IG> I31- Shropshire yearling. 



The Cheviot is a native of the hills between England 

 ?.nd Scotland. It is a hardy -breed and produces a wool 

 adapted to make the cheviot cloth. The entire head and 

 the legs are pure white. 



The Medium-wooled Breeds The Soiif/idoiim, the 

 smallest of the medium-wooled breeds, is an English 

 sheep. It is hornless, its head and legs being of a gray- 

 brown color. The wool is of medium fineness, but the 

 sheep is valuable chiefly for its production of mutton. 



The Shropshire sheep takes its name from the county of 



