MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND 



"The Devon Longwool is found over a great portion of Devon, 

 Somerset and Cornwall, and no rams in these counties produce 

 better results on Dorset Horns, Dartmoors and Exmoor ewes, either 

 for fat lambs, or for producing fat hoggets. As these sheep are 

 spread over so wide a district with diversity of climate, there has 

 for many years been no need for breeders to go outside for fresh 

 blood, hence the Devon Longwools have for a very long time been 

 recognized as a prime breed sheep of high character. 



"Wherever they have been exported to they have at once 

 acclimatized themselves, and no breed thrives better. As a cross 



Devon Longwool Ram Recently Shorn Prooerty of Mr. F. White, England. 



with Merinos they are excellent, as their wool is of a high char- 

 acter. Mr. Alfred Hawkesworth, wool expert of the Technological 

 Museum, Sydney, Australia, says: 



" 'Upon opening out a Devon Longwool fleece there is a beau- 

 tiful metallic lustre, which could be easily taken for Lincoln. 

 Although a strong, deep grown wool, it has a silky texture. Fibres 

 are true and even to the end, and would give satisfactory returns 

 either in the combing machines, drawing, or spinning frames. 

 It has high-class dyeing properties and would take delicate shades. 

 " 'As wool producers they stand in a high position, as the 

 shearling rams produce from 18 to 24 Ib. and some even more;* 



