108 A COUNTRY READER. 



Many of these breeds are horned. 



The principal Upland or Hill Breeds are the 

 Dorset, the South Down, Suffolk, Hampshire, 

 Shropshire, and Oxfordshire. These sheep are 

 short in the wool and medium- sized animals. 



Loivland Sheep are the Cotswold, Lincoln, 

 Leicester, and Romney Marsh. These sheep are 

 larger in the body and grow longer and coarser 

 wool than the upland sheep. 



At the present time the Lincoln and the Shrop- 

 shire sheep appear to be mostly in favour with our 

 colonists and the foreigner. 



These breeds are exported in considerable 

 numbers in order to improve the flocks over the 

 seas. 



A little time ago, a Lincoln ram was sold 

 for 1000 guineas, and was bought to improve the 

 flocks in the Argentine Republic. This is the 

 highest recorded price ever given for any single 

 sheep. 



The Shropshire sheep now is justly a great 

 favourite. It is a very hardy sheep, arrives at 

 maturity early, and grows a short but very 

 saleable wool. It tends to produce too much fat 

 for the demands of the present-day markets, 

 these demands being lean meat and small joints. 



But it should be remembered that if you wish 

 to produce the best quality of meat, there must 

 be a certain amount of fat. 



