American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . n, bred by the late Col. E. , and now owned by Messrs. Dean and Jennings of \Vest Cornwall, Vermont. Thisvaluable animal composed one of the flock to which was awarded the gold medal at the Ver-mont State Fair in 1881, and is one of the finest specimens of the Spanish Merino race ofsheep in this country. OXFORD DOWNS. THIS comparatively new and popular breed was produced by a successful course ofcross-breeding of Cotswolds with the Hampshire ewes, with occasional mixtur
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . n, bred by the late Col. E. , and now owned by Messrs. Dean and Jennings of \Vest Cornwall, Vermont. Thisvaluable animal composed one of the flock to which was awarded the gold medal at the Ver-mont State Fair in 1881, and is one of the finest specimens of the Spanish Merino race ofsheep in this country. OXFORD DOWNS. THIS comparatively new and popular breed was produced by a successful course ofcross-breeding of Cotswolds with the Hampshire ewes, with occasional mixtureof Southdown blood, the Cotswold ram and Hampshire Down ewe being the chiefmaterial which, by judicious blending and careful selection, have resulted in a breed of sheepthat, all things considered, can hardly be surpassed for the production of both mutton andwool. This breed was produced about fifty years ago, in the county of Oxford, England,from which it takes its name. Though comparatively but recently introduced into theUnited States, it is gaining favor rapidly, and bids fair to become widely disseminated. SHEEP. 1107 throughout the country. The aim of the originators of the breed was to obtain an animalthat possessed the weight of the long wooled sheep, with the quality and characteristics ofthe Downs, and the best types of the breed show how admirably they have succeeded. Description. — Good English aiithority prescribes that the Oxfordshire Downs shouldhave a nice, dark color, the poll well covered with wool, adorned with a top-knot on theforehead; a good fleece of wool, thick on the skin, but not too curly; a well-formed barrel,on short, dark legs (not grey nor spotted), with good, firm mutton. The weight of the woolfor a whole flock is estimated to he, on the average, about seven pounds per sheep, while ramshave been known to cut as much as twenty pounds per shearing. The Oxford Down ischaracterized by great hardiness of constitution, large size, heavy fleece, faci
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