. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED SOUTHDOWN RAM. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. The Southdown being so well known requires but little description. They are certainly sheep of the finest form for beauty in land- scape and are used in English and American Parks for ornament. They are among sheep what the Short-horn is among cattle. Their wool is next finest to the Merino and Saxon, and they will breed more wool and mutton to the acre than any other breed. Both the
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THOROUGHBRED SOUTHDOWN RAM. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. The Southdown being so well known requires but little description. They are certainly sheep of the finest form for beauty in land- scape and are used in English and American Parks for ornament. They are among sheep what the Short-horn is among cattle. Their wool is next finest to the Merino and Saxon, and they will breed more wool and mutton to the acre than any other breed. Both the ears and forehead are well covered with wool, which forms a protection from the flies. As mutton producers they cannot be equalled either in quantity or quality, the meat being well marbled, juicy and tender even in the aged sheep. The bone is small, body thick and cyl- indrical, the ears wide apart. Prices as follows, for animals bred from the best prize winning stock : buck and ewe lambs, $ to $ each ; pairs, mated for breeding, $ and $; yearling bucks and over, $ to $; yearling ewes and over, $ to $ THOROUGHBRED COTSWOLD RAM. COTSWOLD SHEEP. In standing before a typical Cotswold you will see that invariably he carries his head high enough to bring the lowest point of the eye in line with the back ; this indicates vigor, hardi- ness, strength of bone and muscle,—essentials to rapid and economical meat production. They mature rapidly and produce a large amount of mutton, the (luality of which is con- sidered superior to that of the Leicester, the tallow being less abundant, with a larger development of muscle and flesh. Being heavy shearers of excellent wool places them as one of the most profitable breeds. The wool is very strong, mellow, long and white. They are a large, heavy breed with deep, heavy chests and broad, straight Iwf'ks. First-class stock at prices same as for Please note that these images are extract
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