less tendency to Roman and ears smaller and more erect as compared 

 with the Hampshire. The fleece is the longest of the down breeds, 

 covers the body well with a characteristic foretop on the poll of the 

 head. Many of the fleeces are rather coarse and open. 



Oxford type as shown by prize winning animals at the International Live 

 Stock Show, Chicago. 



The Oxford has size over the breeds just described, ranks with 

 them in prolificacy and stands a little above the Shropshire in average 

 weight of fleece. The lambs are good feeders, but hardly rank with 

 Hampshire lambs in growthiness and with the Shropshire in early 

 maturity. The breed makes an excellent sheep for the farm but is 

 not as popular in Idaho as the other five mentioned. 



THE LONG WOOLS 



The long wool breeds bring size and length and weight of fleece to 

 the farm flock. They are somewhat more leggy and rangy and are 

 larger framed than the down breeds. On account of their size and 

 conformation they are a little later in maturing. The matured animals 

 tend to lay on external fat, and on account of this tendency, the car- 

 cass is not so highly regarded by meat specialists. The wool grades as 

 coarse combing and is long, strong and rather coarse in fiber. In 

 most of the longer wooled breeds the wool hangs in flakes or strands. 



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