. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . s popular asit should be. In the southern and eastern states,it is appreciated more than in the middle andwestern states. The chief reason for their unpop-ularity is probably the fact that they do not growas large as other breeds and do not shear asheavy fleeces. The Southdown, with its excellent mutton formand qualities, is built low to the ground and has avery compact, symmetrical form. The hindquar-ters are very full and deep, carrying meat far downto the hocks. The head and ears are short, butattr
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . s popular asit should be. In the southern and eastern states,it is appreciated more than in the middle andwestern states. The chief reason for their unpop-ularity is probably the fact that they do not growas large as other breeds and do not shear asheavy fleeces. The Southdown, with its excellent mutton formand qualities, is built low to the ground and has avery compact, symmetrical form. The hindquar-ters are very full and deep, carrying meat far downto the hocks. The head and ears are short, butattractive. The face and legs should be of a uni-form gray, or mouse color. The neat body iswrapped in a rather short, but extremely densefleece, with but little yolk in it. Although thefleece is rather light in weight, they produce thefinest quality of wool, next to the Merino small appearance often deceives one as totheir real weight. Among the many breeds the Southdown, fromthe writers observation, is the most economicalfeeder, as it keeps up the longest in flesh when the 19. 1 = C O .- c o « I c o ll T3 ;S Classification of Breeds of Sheep. 263 feed becomes scarce. It is often said that there ismore mutton on a square inch of Southdown thanon any other breed, a fact difficult to dispute. Onthe block, the Southdown is hard to beat, for whendressed, it shows a beautiful marbling or mixtureof fat and lean meat. STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. Head medium in size and hornless, fine, carried well up, the forehead or face well covered with wool, especially between the ears and on the cheeks, and in ewe slightly dished 5 Lips and under jaw fine and thin 1 Ears rather small, tolerably wide apart, covered with fine hair, and carried with a lively back and forth movement .... 2 Eyes full and bright 3 Face a uniform tint of brown, or gray, or mouse color ... 3Neck short, fine at the head, but nicely tapering; and broad and straight on top at the shoulders . 4 S
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