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out to good advantage, not being so apt to become loaded with tallow as are some 

 of the other breeds. Suffolks are fairly good rustlers, being an active breed. 



Pufl'olk Down c\vc. 

 THE DORSET HORN. 



This is one of the oldest of the improved breeds, and has been developed largely 

 by selection without crossing. For centuries a similar type of honied sheep existed 

 in Dorsetshire and the neighbouring nullifies in the smith of England. This breed 

 is medium-sized, white-faced, and both sexes are horned. The fleeces are rather 



