Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 399 the Cotswold Hills of England. The animals are somewhat upstanding, but are of good mutton form and possess strong, well fleshed backs and loins. The face and ears are covered with white or grayish hairs and the head carries a heavy fore- lock of wool that falls over the face and eyes, as shown in Fig. 175. The animals are among the largest of sheep, ranging from two hundred to two . , ^^.< , hundred fifty pounds. The wool hangs in long wavy ringlets all over
Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 399 the Cotswold Hills of England. The animals are somewhat upstanding, but are of good mutton form and possess strong, well fleshed backs and loins. The face and ears are covered with white or grayish hairs and the head carries a heavy fore- lock of wool that falls over the face and eyes, as shown in Fig. 175. The animals are among the largest of sheep, ranging from two hundred to two . , ^^.< , hundred fifty pounds. The wool hangs in long wavy ringlets all over the body, except the face, and yields a large quantity of fleece. Lincoln. — The native home of the Lincoln breed (Fig. 176) is England, where conditions are well adapted for the develop- ment of large sheep. The animals are shorter and more compactly built than the Cotswold and show a massive, square mutton frame. The face, ears, and legs below the knees nnd hocks are cov- ered with white hair. On the head is a tuft of wool. The animals average in weight from two hundred to two hundred fifty pounds and they shear a very heavy fleece. 200. Fine-wool breeds. — The breeds of the fine-wool class are American Merino and Rambouillet. All these fine-wool sheep descendants from Spanish stock. The animals have been bred principally for the production of wool, although in the C type of Merino (see the next paragraph) and the Ram- Fig. 175. — Cotswold ram.
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