Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-21

their ability to forage for them
Dorset Variety
! The Dorset sheep also originated
in England. This breed is character
lied by the large curling horns with
which it is claimed they can defend
themselves to some advantaage
able breed often lambing twice a
| year, while twins and duplicates are
very common. This breed is .valu-
able for the production of dollhouse
lambs. They also yield good NUT
ton carcasses and fine quality of
| wool.
Tunis sheep are also called fat
tailed sheep because they have broad,
| fleShy tails, sometimes six inches
| long. They come from TuniS IN
/ northern Africa. They are also NUT
ton producers and prolific. They are
hornless and the faces and legs are
bare of wool, but covered with a
weighs about 5, pounds: This breed
is not numerous in the United States
as yet. 49,"
void came from the hill country OF
! England. This is a very large breed
| They have a remarkable outstanding
and stylish appearance. They pro
| duce a fine carcass of mutton. Inc
| face and legs are white and the wool
is long and grows in ringlets, with
! the characteristic forelock hanging
over the face. They have been eX-
tensively used on the western ranges.
colnshire, England. While they, are
large they are the most compact
and squareIy built of the long wool
| breeds. The body is rather square
and rectangular in shape and IN
| CotswoId, except for the lack of the
| loose lock over the face which char,
acterizes that breed. The face and
legs are white. The wool of this
| breed is long and coarse. They are
! fine feeders, mature early. and are
valuable. for mutton production,
! Leicester sheep comes from Lei
cestershire, England They are pop
ular in Canada but are not widely
disseminated in the United States.
This is q fine race of sheep, valuable
for mutton production and yielding
heavy fleece of rather fine long wool.
! The face and legs are bare and white,
| They are fine boned and appear tall
| and leggy. The wool is not so dense
as on some of the other down breeds.
The Corriedale sheen come from
| New Zealand. They are comblna-
ton wool and mutton breed. The
frames are large and they would pc
| cIassed as rather heavy animals. The.
! ewes shear as much as twelve pounds
! of fleece and the rams sometimes as
| high as twenty, pounds or more.
They. are q mixture of the Lincoln
and Merino. They are vigorous md
! hardy and develop rapidly. They
have white faces and the whole body
! is covered completely with dense
long wool. They promise to be OF
! value on our ranges and also prac-
teal for the average farmer. d..
| The Romney, Marsh or Kent sheep
| came from the marshes of Kent in
| the southern part OF England. They
are adopted to a loW-lying country,
though they have proved themselves
| admirably suited for range condi-
| tions. This is a 1ong-wooled sheep
| having a heavy fleece. They are not
! unlike the Corriedales in appearance.
While not extensively distributed in
| the United States they are gaining in
public favor from year to year. ~
Turkestan Sheep
The Karakul or Persian fur sheep
are natives of Turkestan. and Persia.
They are priced foY the skins of the
young lambs which are killed for
their pelts when only three or four
| days of age, Pelts Of fine quality
to t5s the Mof fat- f e family. they grow
to a medium size and the mutton is
of high quality. The rams are usu4,
ally horned and the ewes hornless.
The ears are small and pendulous;
| with glossy dark hair. The wool is.
long and varies in color from light
gray to black. .' a. AZ
The Merino is the best known of
the 1Qe WOOL DGeeQS. In6Y HAVE DGSh
| developed in the United States in
/ three classes. Class A is very wrink-
ly and has, a fine dense oily fleece.
The rams have been known to shear
as much as thirty pounds and the
ewes twenty-five pounds. Glass A
are not valuable for mutton but pro-
duce the highest grade of wool for
clothing. Glass B are larger than
class A, having fewer wrinkles and
bull1ier feeces containing consider
oh 81 faj ri
for mutton production. This class
is in great demand for range pur-
noses. Glass G are bred for mutton.
They have, a good long fleece Of De
greatly in their favor that they
thrive in large flocks better than any
other breed and stand more hardship:
mutton. while the wool, of course, is
valuable. though not so choice and
fine as the class A .Merino.
Merino sheep have. developed ang ny
States. This is the only breed, in
fact. which we may claim to have
| thoroughly domesticated, as importa-
| tions of breeding animals for the
| Improvement of this breed are not
made from other countries, while
Merinos have been exported to sheep
| producing sections of the world.
The Rambouillet is Merlno which
has developed to large size and
bears heavy fleece. The face and
| legs are. completely covered with
wool. They are noted for their
hardness, longevity and ability to
make good use of limited ranges.
+ They, are. used to some extent on the
ranges. but they are also good farm
! sheep.
So far as the south is concerned
| it is probable that the down breeds
| are better adapted to our conditions
| titan any other of the races of sheep
mentioned. There is as much, how
ever, in the man as in the breed
! selected One cannot make mistake
/ under existing conditions in choos-
ing a good standard race Of sheep
with which to establish a flock in
any section of the south.
Virtues of Land in East Tennessee
j. S., Clyde, n. G.. writes: would
like to know something in regard to the
I land in the vicinity of Cleveland, Tenn,
and if it produces good corn and wheat.
Is the water lime freestone?
Good wheat can be grown at
| Cleveland, Tenn. The land in the
vicinity of that town is of a good
| character and we'll suited to diverSl-
! fled agriculture. AS in all sections
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