SHEEP 361 
The Southdowns are the smallest of the mutton breeds, but 
they have an excellent form, are heavy for their size, and 
their flesh is of the finest quality. As wool producers they 
rank very low. They are adapted to hilly pastures where the 
grass is short and fine. 
SOUTHDOWN RAM 
THE LONG-wooL BREEDS 
These animals are generally still larger than the preceding 
classes and their wool has a longer and coarser fiber. They 
are chiefly valued for their mutton and are extensively raised 
in England for that purpose; but in this country they are not 
at all popular. The three leading breeds are the Cotswold, 
the Lincoln, and Leicester. 
The Cotswold is the only one of these breeds that has been 
raised in large numbers in America and even that has in re- 
cent years been partially displaced by the Shropshires. These 
sheep may be distinguished by the peculiar looking head, 
which has long curls or locks of wool hanging over the face 
well down to the nose. 
