QUESTIONS 131 



Distribution. — The wide distribution of the Hampshire indi- 

 cates its importance. In England it is to be found in many differ- 

 ent counties, but it is kept in greatest numbers in the region of its 

 native home. At the great summer and autumn fairs or sale days 

 in Hampshire and Wiltshire, the numbers penned at a single fair 

 run from 20,000 to 100,000 head. Bxportations have been made 

 from England to all of the important sheep countries. In the 

 United States they are fairly well distributed, but they are not 

 nearly so numerous as the Shropshire. 



Hampshire Sheep Breeders' Associations vt^ere organized in both 

 England and America in 1889. The English Association published 

 the " Hampshire Down Flock Book," and the American Association, 

 the " Flock Eecord of Hampshire Down Sheep." 



QUESTIONS 



1. Secure a map of England and locate the native home of the Hamp- 



shire. In what direction is it from the native home of the 

 Southdown 1 



2. What has the nature of the soil in the native home of the Hampshire 



to do with the way sheep are handled there? 



3. Who was the greatest improver of the Hampshire? Tell something of 



his methods. 



4. Give the most marked difference between Shropshires and Hampshires. 

 5.. Would you feed Hampshires and Southdowns together? 



6. Describe the markings of the Hampshire; the bone; the head. 



7. What sections of the United States do you think best adapted to 



Hampshires ? 



