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probably has the least oil of any of the middle-wool breeds, 
and is less dense. 
415. Distribution. — The principal flocks in America 
are to be found in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Canada, although the sheep 
are found in other states. A few have been taken to 
Australia and elsewhere, but they have not the wide 
dissemination of the other English breeds. They are 
numerous in their native counties of Dorset and Somerset, 
in England, while very excellent flocks may be found on 
islands of Wight and Portland. 
416. Organization and _ records.— The American 
Dorset-Horn Sheep Breeders’ Association was organized in 
1891, and the Continental Dorset Club in 1897. The 
former issued two volumes of its flock-book bound together 
in 1894, and the latter has issued fourteen volumes, 
recording over 17,000 sheep. The Continental Dorset 
Club publishes a book on the breed entitled ‘‘ The Winter 
Lamb.” The Dorset-Horn Sheep Breeders’ Society of 
England was organized in 1891. 
CHEVIOT SHEEP. Fig. 70. 
By David McCrae 
417. The Cheviot is one of the mountain breeds of 
Scotland, named after a range of grassy hills on the eastern 
borderland between England and Scotland. It is noted 
both for wool- and for mutton-production. 
418. History. — The Cheviot has been bred for a very 
long period on the Scottish borders. The monks of 
the middle ages had the breed about the pasture lands of 
the old monasteries ; and to the sheep-farming church-men 
