210 Animal Husbandry 
335. Oxford Down compared with Southdown. — The former 
is larger and coarser, with a longer fleece and darker points. The 
Oxford is the largest of the Down breeds, standing very much 
higher than the Southdown, and is more rangy. As would be 
expected, from the Cotswold ancestry, the Oxford has a longer 
Tic. 78.—The Oxford. Mutton type. 
and coarser fleece than any other breeds of the mutton group; 
while from the Hampshire line, it inherits a tendency to dark or 
bluish skin, as well as black spots and hairs in the fleece. The 
modern Oxford, however, is being rapidly improved, and these 
objectionable features overcome (Fig. 78). 
336. Suffolk Down mutton sheep. — This breed was developed 
in southeastern England in the counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, 
and Kent. The Suffolk is the result of a cross between the old 
Norfolk breed and the Southdown. This old Norfolk breed re- 
sembled the Blackfaced Highland to some extent, having the 
