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is especially adapted for the lowlands, thus being prob- 

 ably the best all-purpose sheep for the central part of 

 the United States. 



The Dorset is valuable chiefly in producing winter 

 lambs. Both the rams and the ewes have horns. They 

 are considerably larger than the Southdowns. The head 

 and legs are white. 



The Horned Dorset is an English breed. Its nose, 



FIG. 134. Lincoln ram. 



hoofs and legs are white, and it has a tuft of wool on its 

 forehead. The Horned Dorsets are not so important or 

 so widely distributed as the Merinos. 



The Hampshire is similar to the Shropshire, but is 

 larger and coarser. 



The Oxford is the largest of this class of sheep. 

 Neither the Hampshire nor the Oxford sheep are widely 

 distributed in the United States. 



The Long-wooled Breeds The Leicester, Cotswold, 



