DOMESTIC BBEEDS OP SHEEP. 



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Table of information upon the breeds of sheep. 

 [F= fine wool; M-= medium wool; C= coarse wool; W=woolless.] 



Breed. 



Rams. 



Ewes. 



Color of face. 



Grade of wool. 



Number 



recorded 



Jan. 1, 



1913. 



Class at 

 the 



Royal, 

 Eng- 

 land. 





Horned . 

 ...do 



Polled.. 

 ...do 



White 



Fine clothing 









do 









Merino C type...F.. 



...do 



...do 



do 









...do.... 

 Polled.. 



...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do 



...do.... 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do 



do 



(Fine clothing and eomb- 

 \ tag. 



£-blood combmg or cloth- 

 ing; f-blood combing 

 or clothing. 



f-blood combing; f-blood 

 clothing. 



f-blood combing; i-blood 

 combing. 



i-blood combing; braid.. 



f-blood combing; i-blood 

 combing. 



i-blood combmg; f-blood 

 combing. 



/ 1500 



\ 2 73, 305 



30,645 



385,411 



49,640 



67, 280 

 15,030 



2,264 



8,115 

 2,530 



} 



1839 



Hampshire M . . 



Soft black 



Black 



1860 

 1862 









Dorset Horn M.. 



Horned . 



Polled.. 



.do 



...do 



...do.... 

 ...do 



White 



1862 



Suffolk M.. 



Cheviot M 



Black 



White 



1880 

 1871 





...do 



...do 



Mottled 



f-blood combing; i-blood 

 combing. 







Horned . 



...do.... 

 Polled .. 

 . .do... 



...do.... 



Horned . 

 Polled . . 



Slightly tanned 



or speckled. 

 White 



1885 



■R-jrrnnnr Horn . . M 



do 







Ryeland M.. 



do 



do 





1870 



Kerry Hill M.. 



...do 



Mottled 



do 





1907 





Horned . 

 Either. . 



Polled . . 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 



...do 





do 







1877 



Shetland M.. 



Either.. 



Polled . . 

 ...do.... 



...do.... 



...do 



Black, white, or 



both. 

 White 



Probably 4-blood comb- 

 ing. 

 Braid and low i-blood. . 

 do 



do 



Low, i-blood combing... 







Leicester C. 



15,913 

 74,455 



26,122 



124 



1839 



Cotswold C 



Romney Marsh.. C. 



Light gray or 



speckled. 

 White, slightly 



speckled. 

 White 



1862 

 1862 



1862 



Wensleydale C. . 



...do 



...do 



Bluish white 



Speckled black 



and white. 

 Mottled, black 



and white. 

 Black 



1883 





...do 



...do 



..do... 





1875 



Black-faced High- 

 land, C. 

 Karakule C 



Horned . 



...do.... 

 ...do 



Horned . 



Polled.. 

 ...do 



Low, i-blood combing 



and carpet wool. 

 do 





1872 







Persian C. 





do 







Barbados W.. 



Either 

 Horned . 



do 



Horned . 











Barbary W . . 





















Von Homeyer Association. 



2 American Association. 



PARTIAL INDEX OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON THE BREEDS OF SHEEP. 



Sheeping Farming, by John A. Craig. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1913. 



Types and Breeds of Farm Animals, by C. S. Plumb. New York, Ginn & Co., 1906. 



Farm Livestock in Great Britain, by Robert Wallace. Edinburg, Oliver & Boyd, 

 1907. 



Sheep Breeds and Management, by John Wrightson. London, Vinton & Co., 1895. 



The Sheep and its Cousins, by R. Lydekker. London, George Allen & Co., 1912. 



Cattle, Sheep and Pigs, by F. T. Barton. London, Jarrold & Sons, 1912. 



Modern Sheep, Breeds and Management, by " Shepherd Boy." Chicago, American 

 Sheep Breeder Co., 1907. 



Sheep Farming in America, by Joseph E. Wing. Chicago, Sanders Publishing Co., 

 1907. 



Sheep Management, by Frank Kleinheinz. Cantwell Printing Co., Madison, 

 Wis., 1911. 



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WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1914 



