Productive farming . males attaining aweight of 250 pounds or more. The meat from the lambsis of fair quality. They have no horns; the face is alwayswhite. The locks of crimpy wool are often twelve inches inlength. The fleece or annual shearing from a Cotswold willaverage ten pounds of rather coarse wool with long stapleor fiber. The Leicesters are of much the same type as the Cotswold;but the head is without wool, the fleece is not in curly locks, 272 PRODUCTIVE FARMING and the frame is not so large. They are also hornless. The Lincolns exceed the Cotswolds in size, the malessometimes weighin
Productive farming . males attaining aweight of 250 pounds or more. The meat from the lambsis of fair quality. They have no horns; the face is alwayswhite. The locks of crimpy wool are often twelve inches inlength. The fleece or annual shearing from a Cotswold willaverage ten pounds of rather coarse wool with long stapleor fiber. The Leicesters are of much the same type as the Cotswold;but the head is without wool, the fleece is not in curly locks, 272 PRODUCTIVE FARMING and the frame is not so large. They are also hornless. The Lincolns exceed the Cotswolds in size, the malessometimes weighing 350 or 400 pounds (Fig. 176). They arehornless, have white faces with a little wool on the fleece of the body hangs in curly locks, and the stapleis longer than in any other breed; they shear about fifteenpounds to a fleece. Medium Wooled Sheep.—This group is much morepopular than either of the others because of their general-purpose character, and their lambs mature sooner than those FiQ. 175. Fia. Fig. 175.—Cotswold ewe, one of the longer or coarse-wooled 176.—Lincoln ewe, a coarse-wooled type. of the larger breeds. The most common breeds of this typein America would be named in about the following order:Shropshire, Southdown, Hampshire, Oxford, Cheviot, andDorset. These are all natives of England, and are hornlessexcept the last or occasionally the Cheviot males. Theyhave brown or black faces, ears, and legs, except the Dorsetsand Cheviots, which have white markings. All of these breedshave wool on the faces except the Cheviots, which are wooledonly to the ears. Shropshires, Southdowns, and Cheviotsincrease in numbers rapidly, as twin lambs are very Southdowns (Fig. 177) are the smallest breed namedin this group. The Shropshires, Cheviots, and Dorsets come SHEEP 273 next in size and weight. Tiie Hampshires have larger framesand are a little heavier, but the Oxfords stand at the headof the list in size and weight (Fig. 178). Fig.
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