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SHEEP 



E. Fuller of Canada. In May, 1887, E. F. Bowditch of Framing- 

 ham, Massachusetts, made an importation, he being a special- 

 ist in early-lamb raising. The following month Adin Thayer of 

 Hoosic Falls, New York, imported 12 head. This same year (1887) 

 Woodward & Jaques of Lockport, New York, and R. J. Buck 

 of Bridgeton, New Jersey, made importations, and the following 

 year, in July, Rutherford Stu3rvesant of New Jersey imported 

 2 rams and 28 ewes from the English flocks of John and William 

 Kinder. In September, 1889, Mr. T. S. Cooper of Coopersburg, 



Pennsylvania, imported 

 153 head, mostly from the 

 flock of Thomas Mayo, and 

 again in 1 89 1 brought over 

 204 more head. The sheep 

 imported by Mr. Cooper 

 were very superior and were 

 sold and distributed among 

 numerous breeders, espe- 

 cially in the East. The first 

 Dorsets in Ohio were 

 shipped to that state by 

 Mr. Cooper in 1891. 



The characteristics of 

 the Dorset Horn sheep are 

 distinctive in part, as this 

 is the only horned breed in Britain with white face and leg. In 

 general conformation the Dorset tends to have a body a bit long 

 and rangy and lacking in refinement. The head is conspicuous 

 in having horns present with each sex. The well-matured ram 

 has a strong horn which curves backward and around spirally, 

 making, perhaps, nearly a turn and a half and coming somewhat 

 close to the head. The horns on the ewes curve around forward, 

 with the tips about level with the eye and turning in slightly. The 

 head has a short foretop of wool which comes down to a line with 

 the eyes, while the face and much of the jaws are covered with 

 hard, white hair. T\i& face is strong, with considerable breadth 

 between the eyes, and the nostrils are white. Below the knees 

 and hocks the legs are covered with white hair, though a short 



Fig. 274. A Dorset Horn ram, first prize in 

 class at several state fairs in 1898, shown by 

 Tranquillity Farm of New Jersey. From pho- 

 tograph by the author 



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