. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . PUTK XLII. i ®5 &3 o ! I o. SHEEP. 231 number of them and of their congeners, the Hampshire Downs, shown in theLondon markets in 1858, was 10 per cent, of the whole number of sheepshown ; in 1862 they had risen to 15 per cent, of the whole number. In primeAmerican flocks, wethers twenty or twenty-one months old at Christmas, dressfrom 75 to 100 pounds weight. At two years old they weigh from 100 to 120pounds each. Their fleeces average from 4 to 6 pounds, according to the keep-ing and breeding of the flock. They are not as hardy a
. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . PUTK XLII. i ®5 &3 o ! I o. SHEEP. 231 number of them and of their congeners, the Hampshire Downs, shown in theLondon markets in 1858, was 10 per cent, of the whole number of sheepshown ; in 1862 they had risen to 15 per cent, of the whole number. In primeAmerican flocks, wethers twenty or twenty-one months old at Christmas, dressfrom 75 to 100 pounds weight. At two years old they weigh from 100 to 120pounds each. Their fleeces average from 4 to 6 pounds, according to the keep-ing and breeding of the flock. They are not as hardy as the unimprovedSouth Downs, or as the cross between the South Downs and some other short-woolled varieties, but they still rank among hardy sheep ; and they are goodworkers, being capable of travelling much further for their feed than any ofthe long wools. Their mutton sells in England for 3j cents more per poundthan Cotswold and Leicester, and half a cent more than the other improvedshort-woolled families and their varieties. They are prolific and are excellentnurses. THE HAMPSHIRE DO
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