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in the best markets. Its 

 face and legs are a reddish 

 or grayish brown. Its dis- 

 position is quiet and docile. 

 The Shropshire origi- 

 nated in the counties of 

 Shropshire and Stafford in 

 England. It has some 

 Southdown blood with 

 some of the longer-wooled 

 breeds. This is probably 

 the most popular breed in 



FIG. 195. Hampshire 



in the county of Hamp- 

 shire, England, resembles 

 the Shropshire, but is larger 

 and coarser. It does not 

 produce so much wool and 

 the quality is not so good. 

 The face is not covered with 

 so much wool as the Shrop- 

 shire, and the color of the 

 legs, face, and ears is a 

 dark brown. 



The Oxford 'is the larg- 

 est of the middle-wooled 



FIG. 194. Shropshire. 



America. It is of excel- 

 lent mutton quality, of good 

 size, and produces a fleece 

 of medium length and 

 weight. The Shropshire 

 has a black face, ears and 

 legs, and it is some- 

 times called the " black 

 face." The lambs mature 

 early and the ewes often 

 give birth to twins. 



The Hampshire, bred 



FIG. 196. Oxford. 



