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Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



Fine-Wool Type . . \ Fine wool . 



Breed Number 



rCotswold 1 f 3 ) 



I Lincoln 13,903 



I Leicester 767 



[Romney Marsh ( ^ ) 



Shropshire 124,454 



Hampshire Down 51 ,813 



Oxford Down 16,601 



Dorset Horn 8,458 



Southdown. 8,451 



Cheviot Wrlfk' 3,000 



Suffolk 805 



Tunis (3) 



Corriedale ( » ) 



Rambouillet 106,849 



Delaine Merino \ rg ^on 



American Merino / oy,yju 



All other = 68,483 



Total 463,504 



' Though not separately reported by the 1920 census, Cotswolds are the most numerous breed of 

 long-wool sheep in the United States. 



2 Includes Cotswolds, Romney Marsh, Tunis, Corriedale, and other breeds. 

 ' Not separately reported. 



All of these breeds except the Merinos, the Corriedale, and the 

 Tunis, originated in Great Britain. The American Merino and Delaine 

 Merino were developed in the United States, the Rambouillet in France, 

 the Corriedale in New Zealand, and the Tunis in the province of Tunis 

 in northern Africa. 



The mutton-type sheep is chiefly valued on account of its ability 

 to make good mutton economically, although the wool-producing 

 ability of the mutton-type sheep constitutes an important part of its 

 value to the farmer. Some of the best mutton-producing breeds have 

 failed to gain much popularity mainly because of their deficiency as 

 wool producers. It is not expected that one type of sheep will excel 

 in both mutton and wool production, any more than one type of cattle 

 is expected to excel in both beef and milk production, yet it is important 

 that the mutton-tj^De sheep grow a fleece of good density, length, 

 weight, and quality. 



The fine-wool type is mainly a wool proposition. The American 

 Merino is of no more value for mutton than are dairy cattle for beef. 

 The Delaine Merino and Rambouillet have better mutton qualities, 

 though not equaling the mutton breeds in this respect, and this largely 

 explains their greater popularity as compared to the American Merino. 



Combined wool-and-mutton type most popular. — The American 

 farmer, and likewise the rangeman, has declared that the most profit- 

 able sheep to grow in this country is, as a rule, a combined wool-and- 

 mutton type. Among the mutton breeds, and also among the fine- 

 wool breeds, those which yield the most and best of both mutton and 



