. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, blooded stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Southern States Catalogs; Vegetables Southern States Catalogs; Seeds Southern States Catalogs. PURE SOUTHDOWN RAM. As bredaud shipped hy W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. The name is derived from the Southdowns in Sussex, .England, a range of hills extending about 600 miles ; they are of moderate elevation and abound in short, fine herbage. The atmosphere is dry and healthy. Large flocks of Southdown sheep are kept there, because they will exist on short ke
. Burpee's farm annual : garden, farm, and flower seeds, blooded stock. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Southern States Catalogs; Vegetables Southern States Catalogs; Seeds Southern States Catalogs. PURE SOUTHDOWN RAM. As bredaud shipped hy W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. The name is derived from the Southdowns in Sussex, .England, a range of hills extending about 600 miles ; they are of moderate elevation and abound in short, fine herbage. The atmosphere is dry and healthy. Large flocks of Southdown sheep are kept there, because they will exist on short keep when the pasture is hard stocked, and from their hardy consiituLion they are capable of enduring the bleak winds in winter and the drought in summer. They are adapted to a dry, hilly country, and are active, having often to walk far for a scanty supply of food, and they thrive on most other dry soils; hence they have been found to succeed well else- where. They are small consumers of food, and come early to maturity, with an aptitude to fatten. The Southdown mutton is held in the highest estimation, and commands the best price. They possess a symmetrical and neat form, which is greatly admired. The bone is small, the body thick and cylindrical, the ears wide apart. Both the ears and forehead are well covered with wool, which forms a protection from fly. The eye is full, bright and quick, the chest wide, deep and projecting; the back fiat to the tail, which is set on high ; the hind legs are very full on the insides, and wide apart. The Southdowns are not only valuable as a pure breed, but are also admirable for crossing with others ; when crossed with long-wooled sheep an animal is produced having a large frame a,.:.d yielding excellent mutton. The fleece is short, close, curly and fine. The wool maybe classed among the finest qualities, and is the shortest staple wool of Great Britain, where it is now used chiefly, mixed with Australian wools. It will pay every farmer many
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