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Stock Company of Idaho for ^1050, one ram went to the Butter- 

 field Live Stock Company at $525, and nine rams sold at prices 

 ranging from ;^200 to ^325. The Butterfield Live Stock Company 

 of Idaho sold one ram for $700 and another for ^425 ; and 

 H. L. Finch of Idaho sold one ram at ^750, another at ^700, a 

 third at ^500, and twelve rams at prices ranging from $200 to 

 ;^4SO. Nineteen ewes consigned by Finch averaged ^105.25 per 

 head. This 19 18 Salt Lake sale of Hampshire Downs, all things 

 considered, was the most remarkable sale of mutton sheep ever 

 held in America. 



The distribution of the Hampshire Down is widespread. In 

 1903, for example, exports were made from England to the 

 United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, 

 Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Russia, Hungary, 

 Portugal, Jamaica, and elsewhere. In 191 3, the year prior to the 

 opening of the World War, 424 Hampshire Downs were exported 

 from England, 166 going to North America, 129 to South 

 America, 65 to Germany, and the rest to South Africa, Russia, 

 and elsewhere. In England the breed is found in a score of 

 counties, though chiefly in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Sussex, 

 Surrey, and vicinity, and is bred on a large scale. In 191 3 

 James Harris and Son of Winchester, England, disposed of 31,000 

 head, and at each of the Salisbury, Britford, and Wilton fairs 

 .15,000 ewes and lambs were sold at auction. Interest in the 

 Hampshire Down in the United States until within a few years 

 has been largely restricted to the eastern part of the country, espe- 

 cially New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, but now the 

 breed has a strong hold in the Far West, with large and superior 

 flocks in Idaho, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and California. 

 Hampshire Downs have a comparatively small hold in Canada. 



Hampshire Down Sheep associations exist in England and 

 America. The Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders' Society of 

 England was organized in 1889 and up to 19 18 has published 

 thirty-nine volumes of the flock book. The Hampshire Down 

 Sheep Breeders' Association of America was also organized in 

 1889, the first flock book being published in 1890. Up to 

 1918 fifteen volumes had been issued and 24,633 rams and 

 57,982 ewes recorded. 



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