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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Southdown ram. 



Southdown ewe. 

 THE SHROPSHIRE. 



This breed has proved exceedingly popular in Canada. It originated in the 

 County of Shropshire, England, by using the old Morfe Common breed as foundation 

 stock and improving with Southdown, Cotswold, and Leicester blood. To show the 

 improvement which has taken place it is sufficient to say that the Morfe Common 



