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care in both England and America. Their faces and legs arc dark brown, 
the fore quarters wide and deep, the back and loin broad, with round 
bodies, and square and full hind quarters. 
The ewes ave prolific, producing from 120 to 140 lambs, to the flock of 
100 ewes. The staple of the wool is fine and curled, wirn spiral ends well 
adapted to carding, and will shear on yearling rams and wethers, from 6 
to 9 pounds, In the neighborhood of large cities, where there is a demand 
for mutton, they are most valuable as a distinct breed, or for crossing 
with the tinnon sheep of the country. 
HAMPSHIRE DOWN.) 
XI. Hampshire Downs. 
This breed had its rise in Hampshire, through an infusion of Southdown 
blood, followed later with Cotswold, and of course, since the Cotswold 
have an infusion of Leicester, they have this blood also. It has given 
them increased size, more wool, and at the same time they have preserved 
their great hardiness of constitution. For many years they have been 
bred pure, and so far as introduced into the United States, they have 
igiven satisfaction, especially in the South, where, before the war, they 
were in good repute. Those who have used them, claim that they are 
more hardy than Southdowns. It is also claimed that they have been 
crossed upon Cotswold and Leicester grades, with benefit to both, and 
{Lin we do not doubt, where mutton was to be the object. 
XII. Shropshire Downs, 
Of late vears this breed has grown into repute in the West, and tf 
Osnada. They are heavy sheep, nearly as large as the Cotswold, yield 
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