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Identifier: sheepbreedingwoo00benn (find matches)
Title: Sheep breeding and wool growing in Virginia
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Bennett, Frank P., ed
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: (Boston) Norfolk & Western Railroad Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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United States aie advised not to venture; for, if the size be increasedtoo much, they are not apt to thrive well, for they are fitted to rough past-ures and short herbage. Successful breeders always aim to secure uniform-ity of character in their flocks, and it is then that the ewes shall look asnear alike as two peas. It is said that Southdown mutton commands a higher price than anyother English sort. The breed is certainly one of the oldest and purest ofthe mutton classes, and is unquestionably unexcelled. There is strongrivalry between this and other breeds, but it has lost none of its popularity.Its docility and beauty have always made it a particular favorite with therich, while its excellent feeding qualities have won for it much endearmentamong all who are acquainted with it. Besides the superior quality of itsflesh, there is an added merit in its composition, being largely comj^osed oflean meat, the fat being well distributed throughout, not unlike that of awell-fed shorthorn.
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M 10 The illustration which accompanies this article represents a group ofSouthdowns bred and owned by R. W. & L. M. Crothers, TaylorstownStation, Washington County, Pa. They are registered in the AmericanSouthdown Record, and are as handsome specimens of the breed as oneoften sees. The animal which stands on the higher ground in the pictureis a ram of no mean merit. The handsome contour of his body certainlysuggests his value as a sire, and that his progeny will rank high for theexcellence of their mutton and wool. A well-known authority in sheep has thought it quite probable that theoriginal Southdown breed was horned, for the reason that during his day itwas not unusual to find among the buck lambs specimens with small horns.The dark hue of head and legs of these sheep, he believed, not only provedthe original color, which he holds was black, but the much later periodwhen it was attempted to get rid of this dingy color. There are also otherswho believe that, if the breed were t

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