. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. and legs and a black nose. Both males and females bore horns. The stock of Somerset was larger, coarser, longer-wooled, with flesh-colored nose and better form. The Dorset seems never to have had a devotee with the genius of Bakewell or Ellman, and at one time came near losing its identity. Somerset seem to have been the home of two races, differing somewhat, which became mingled in the present Dorset. The original stock of Dorsetshire was small, light in the shoulders, with white face Fig. 618. Dorset-Horn ewe. through admixture
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. and legs and a black nose. Both males and females bore horns. The stock of Somerset was larger, coarser, longer-wooled, with flesh-colored nose and better form. The Dorset seems never to have had a devotee with the genius of Bakewell or Ellman, and at one time came near losing its identity. Somerset seem to have been the home of two races, differing somewhat, which became mingled in the present Dorset. The original stock of Dorsetshire was small, light in the shoulders, with white face Fig. 618. Dorset-Horn ewe. through admixture of the improved breeds of the day. Its ability to produce lambs earlier than any other breed seems to have saved it. The Dorset was first recognized at the leading English shows in 1862. It has been greatly im- proved since that date ; in fact, American breeders have greatly modified and unified the breed in the past quarter century. In America.— The introduction of Dorsets to America has been very recent. The first specimens were shown at the Chicago Fat Stock Show, in 1885. That same year an importation was made into Canada. In 1887, A. Thayer, of Hoosic Falls, New York, and E. F. Bowditch, of Framingham, Mass., made importations. In 1889, T. S. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, imported 153 head. They have not as yet gained the popularity in America that other English breeds have, and have had only a limited trial on the ranges. Distribution. The principal flocks in America are to be found in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsyl- vania, Virginia and Canada, although the sheep are found in other states. A few have been taken to Australia and elsewhere, but they have not the wide dissemination of the other English breeds. They are numerous in their native counties of Dorset and Somerset, in England, while very excel- lent flocks may be found on islands of Wight and Portland. Uses. The strong recommendation of the breed in America, as in England, is for the production of hoth
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