. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE DORSET HORN 413 The Dorset Horn as a wool producer is open to material improvement. Mature rams will shear about 9 pounds and ewes about 6 pounds of unwashed wool. Twenty imported sheep of J. B. Henderson of Pennsylvania are credited with shearing an average of 10 pounds each. The fleece of the Dorset has improved in weight and quality. Wrightson states that fifty years ago it was computed as averaging 3J- pounds, whereas now (1895) a breeding flock of ewes will clip from 5 to 6 pounds of wool, and yearling ewes from 6 to 7 pounds, while rams
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE DORSET HORN 413 The Dorset Horn as a wool producer is open to material improvement. Mature rams will shear about 9 pounds and ewes about 6 pounds of unwashed wool. Twenty imported sheep of J. B. Henderson of Pennsylvania are credited with shearing an average of 10 pounds each. The fleece of the Dorset has improved in weight and quality. Wrightson states that fifty years ago it was computed as averaging 3J- pounds, whereas now (1895) a breeding flock of ewes will clip from 5 to 6 pounds of wool, and yearling ewes from 6 to 7 pounds, while rams will clip 8 to 12 pounds each, all these weights following brook washings. Dorset sheep have too short a fleece and show too little wool on the under side of the body. The quality of the staple is of medium grade, being neither fine nor Fig. 192. A view in DorsetsViiie, showing part of the P'lower flocli of Dorsets soon after shearing. From a photograph by H. B. Arbuckle, from the N'ational Stockman and Farmer The popularity of the Dorset outside of its native home is rather restricted. It is shown at fairs or shows in but a very limited way, either in England or the United States, and the public is not generally familiar with the breed. In spite of this fact it is a mut- ton sheep of much merit, entitled to greater recognition, and for early lambs is of much value. With an improved capacity to produce wool, it no doubt will meet with more favor. Dorset horns as a protection from dogs. Early advocates of the breed argued that the Dorset by means of its horns would pro- tect itself better from dogs than would hornless sheep, but this claim has been very generally discarded in recent years, as not being worthy of special distinction. The distribution of the Dorset Horn is not as widespread as most other British breeds. In England it is found most. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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