Show 0 I 1 V d SH E E P here flere they are arc it horned ornett Do deriet lr riet nc and ieri aeri m broad tulla tile tiie firstI first horned orned dorset sheep brought 8 aitho the united states t a t es nv were ere imported import odin in 1887 since alin they have baccomo very poi popular bilar where they itra known primarily for mutton like all Kriti ali sheep but bat secondarily ly also aleo for a good quality of soft silky in medium length wool the Ifor horned ried dorset is perhaps tho the most prolific sheep on oil record 00 o sayi saya avs w had bad a 11 orned horned dorset ewe th t t paye him eleven lambs in ia two years arts of triplets final and ore one pair of tivi twin ui tho ewes roach fiji an amago of it 11 little over pounds the alio greatest value of the horned flornel dor dar set is 19 pei perhaps haps in raisins lambs for e early it noised Doi r lm LD nwe market dorset ewes are bred for fell fall and early wh whiter uter lambs more easily than others ahn 3 j months old the lambs weigh often pounds the homed dorset ram is said to exceed in pra prepotency ter that of nay any other breed and with good boil caro care the he ewes may often be bred twice a year the dorst dorset is binl fjord bacod and both ewes and rw ranis s have laivo horns for this reason it is a g good breed beed for de dog infested regions oar second illustration shows a fair plize frize rua rem of tile tho favorite favorita breed the is cane of tho favorite D down wn breeds of england that has now been so thoroughly americanized that it v ir 14 r raf is found in every state in the union all ali the down sheep have southdown b blood in them but tho the wool v ool is ion longer and coarser than that of the southdown i finally wo we come to the most rema remail oble aole beast of the sheep land kind on oil tins side ili the all atlantic antie tho picture shows a lanb of the broad tailed sheep of persia I 1 it is tho the breed of which hon truxton arnston beale united states minister to persia sent fifteen specimens to the apicultural aci cultural department at wa Wasl rs hington these Theses shop beep bear a f diecce ecce of long rather coal chaise so wool which weighs six to sei en ell pounds of a grayish brown brov n color ra GAP PERSIAN FAT D LAMB but the he point about the persian sheep is its tail an and you cui call the animal the persian broad tailed or fat tailed just as you choose tor for this tha appendage of tile tho unhappy creature is both broud broad and fat what process of ovo evolution lution ever produced such a monstrosity one canno cannot t a say ay but just under lider the latif tail bone boac of this sheep grows an enormous e deposit of fat of a peculiarly sweet and appetizing flavor the real tail about tho the bizo of that of cf the ordinary sheep wagi waga loosely above it it at least one fourth the weight of the the animal is thin and when it is fat this adf awful vj tail weighs bi b as much as ai oue one thiral of the iv whole hole dressed carcass sometimes it readies reaches a weight wc ight of fifty li lounds clien it is very heavy the owner fastens a small wheeled arrange arrangement in ent immediately behind tho the sheep and arall it by a sort of huners to the animal an imala breast tims the per persian bian broad aroa tail hauls bauls its own tail bc behind bijil it on a cart unhappy persian broad tail on the tho whole we ive doubt whether these sheep will ever become a staple mutton breed for tile united states in edite of the fact that the chunk of fat under the tail tastes lilo like butter when it is melt melted ted with tle tho right care and attention to i |