The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-04-04
The better-known breeds are grouped
into three classes as follows:
Medium Wool Breeds.

Inc OeLIor-knOWn DroeuS are SFOupSQ
into three classes as follows:
Medium Wool Breeds.
Southdown - Body conformation
ideal for mutton, but from raiser's /
standpoint not so large as is desirable;
weights large in proportion to appar-
ent size; will become fat enough for
market while growing; better adapted /
to POLLING or billy pastures !; ewes good |
mothers and good mixers fleece close
and Comparatively fire, but often too i
short to weigh heavily.
observation-disclosures high in weight !
and length of fleece; proceeds of wool
important; body intermediate be-
tween Southdown and larger breeds;
lambs reach common market weight |
later than larger breeds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS grow rapidly
when well fed largest of medium wool
breeds; because of size and weight is
not adapted to very rough or scanty
pastures; f1eeces vary considerably.
Oxford-Breed large and heavy and
lambs grow rapidly when well fed {;
they can be matured early, but not so
| early as some of the less grOwthy
breeds; fleece of special Importance,
| extra length adds to weight as we'll as
| making it useful when length of. fiber
| without too great cOarSeneSs is needed.
Dorset Horn-Breeding habit strong
feature; developed in sections where
early lambs were desired; lambs grow
and mature rapidly; particularly pop
! ular with farmers who raise winter or
"hothouse'' lambs.
Chevoit - Accustomed to grazing
over rough places, active and alert.
vigorous and hardy; capable of pro-
ducing mutton upon land unsuited to
other breeds; fleece fairly dense.
Other breeds mentioned in the me-
dium-wool classes are the Suffolk and
the Tunis.
Long Wool Breeds.
Bred chiefly for mutton, the long
woods are the largest breeds of sheep.
They have been developed for level
lands where feed can be obtained with
out much travel. Lambs do not mature
so rapidly or fatten SO young as those
of other mutton breeds. Fleeces are
loose, coarser and longer as compared
with fine woods and medium woods.
The long woods are favored by few
farmers who raise rambS for market
CotswoId-Big bodied, tall and of
stylish appearance. All over the body
the wool hangs in long wavy ringlets !;
fleece as whole is bright. and because
of having no excess OF oil is light in
shrinkage and sells veil.
LincoIn-Wool Of great length,
though much coarser than that of the
shorter wool breeds; shorter and more
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Leicester-Wool finer and softer
than that of the Cotswold or Lincoln.
though not always so thick upon the
body.
Fine Wool Breeds.
Characteristics of the fine woods are
the fineness of the wool, AFFINITY 20
: travel long distances for feed and wa
ter, and the instinct to herd closely.
2 They are used largely on the range ana
3 have strong resistance to internal par
] asites and are long lived. They are
: slow in maturing. The ewes produce
$ few twins and do not rank high as
< mothers and mixers.
D American Mecino-MerinOs are re-
e corded as being of A, b, or Z type
= The A type is extreme in number OF
a wrinkles, as we'll as fineness of wool ;
because of wrinkles the A type is not
considered desirable for commercial
= wool raisers. Merinos of the type
a are stronger in body than the AS, less
f heavily wrinkled and grow wool that Is
:, longer but not SO fine. The Z type Is
f larger and less Wrinkled than the 9th
l. er types. Length of wool with as mucA
e weight and fineness as possible is de
It manded in this type Some G type
e focks have considerable mutton value
e and the lambs are fed to be marketed
J. after their first shearing.
# ambouiIIet-Largest and stronges
4, body of fine-wool sheep; some breed
s ers give most attention to fleece, bu
size is usually more sought for thar
y in the American Meripo. Size growth
o mess and strong vitality stronges
e points from a mutton standpoint
IS Fleece varies IN 6neness and length
y. but usually is quite dense.