. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig.'630. Shropshire ram. the quarter when fatted. Their fleeces weigh about two and one-half ; Professor Wilson, in his Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. XVI, states that when the Bristol wool society, in 1792, procured all the information available re- garding sheep in England, it reported that on Morfe Common there were about 10,000 sheep kept during the summer that had black, brown or spotted faces, a superior quality of wool, and were con- sidered a native breed. These are accepted as the progenitor
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig.'630. Shropshire ram. the quarter when fatted. Their fleeces weigh about two and one-half ; Professor Wilson, in his Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, Vol. XVI, states that when the Bristol wool society, in 1792, procured all the information available re- garding sheep in England, it reported that on Morfe Common there were about 10,000 sheep kept during the summer that had black, brown or spotted faces, a superior quality of wool, and were con- sidered a native breed. These are accepted as the progenitors of the present Shropshires, although it is a common belief that the Southdown was used to hasten the improvement. It is thought, also, that the Leicester and Cotswold were used to increase the size and amount of wool, and that the sheep from Cannock Chase, in the county of Stafford, were used in the early breeding efforts. Samuel Meise, of Barrington, and George Adney, of Harley, were among the most successful of the early im- provers. The Shropshire first attracted attention at the Royal Agricultural Society Show, in 1855; and in 1859 it was recognized as a distinct breed and given a class. In Ameriea.—The first American importation on record was made into Virginia, in 1855. In 1860, Samuel Sutton introduced a number of ewes and a ram into Maryland. In 1862 and again a few years later, flocks were established in New York. They had also made their way into Canada, as they are reported to have been taken from Canada to Michigan in the early seventies. There was a great influx in the early eighties. The American Record Association was organized in 1884, at Lafayette, Ind. Distribution. The sheep are now recorded from almost every state in the Union and from Canada, and far exceed in numbers any other English breed in America. They are more popular in the North and East, not being extensively found on the ranges. They do best on good pastures, as their rustling qualities are o
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