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FIG. 197. Horned Dorset. 



breed. It produces a heavy fleece of coarse wool and its mutton is of 

 good quality. In appearance it resembles the Shropshire. It is horn- 

 less, has dark brown face and legs, and is wooled over the forehead. 



On account of its docile 

 disposition, good mutton- 

 producing quality, heavy 

 fleece, and large size, 

 the Oxford is growing in 

 popularity with the Amer- 

 ican farmer. 



The Horned Dorset 

 is another English breed. 

 It is especially valuable for 

 producing early spring 

 lambs. Both males and 

 females have horns. The 

 horns of the males curve backward and spirally ; those of the female 

 curve outward, down, and forward. The face, legs, and hoofs are 

 white. 



The Cheviot, bred in the Cheviot Hills between England and Scot- 

 land, is a sheep about 

 the size of the Shrop- 

 shire. The head is 

 hornless and is cov- 

 ered with short white 

 hair. The fleece 

 comes up the neck 

 to behind the ears, 

 forming a kind of 

 collar. The lower 

 legs are white and 



the hoofs are black. 



. . . FIG. 198. 



The breed is valu- 

 able as a grazer, obtaining a good living from pastures that would 

 not support other sheep. 



The Cotswold is one of the long-wooled sheep. It is bred in the 

 county of Gloucester, England. It has a long, curly fleece, parting 



Cheviot. 



