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to a great variety of soil and climate, and in selecting sheep for 

 a farm it is well to get the breed suited to the situation. The 

 following is a table of the principal British breeds : 



Mountain Breeds. Upland or Hill Breeds. 



Welsh, Dorset, 



Cheviot, Southdown, 



Highland. Suffolk, 



Lowland Breeds. Hampshire, 



Cotswold, Shropshire, 



Leicester, Oxford. 



Lincoln, 

 Romney Marsh. 



The lowland breeds are long-wooled and the upland breeds 

 short-wooled. The lowland breeds are larger than the uplands. 

 The upland breeds are the best mutton breeds. Short wool 

 from 3 to 4 inches long is sometimes called carding wool, and 

 longer wool, from 7 to 8 inches long, combing wool. 



The principal breeds of 'this country may be arranged as 

 follows, according to the texture of their wool : 

 Fine-w ooled : Merino ; 



Medium-wooled : Southdown, Shropshire, Hampshire, Ox- 

 ford Down, Cheviot, Horned Dorset ; 



Coarse-ivooled : Leicester, Lincoln, Cotswold. 



Is the wool on all parts of a sheep's body of the same texture ? 



Are all long wools coarse, and all short wools fine ? 



From what parts of Europe have the above breeds of sheep come ? 



At what time of the year does shearing take place ? 



Are goats covered with wool or with hair ? 



What kinds of cloths are made from wool ? 



Why is flannel cloth warmer than cotton ? 



What is shoddy ? 



