Sugar House Bulletin | 1946-12-06 | Page 2 | Know your Breed

KNOW YOUR BREED I Southdowns Southdown ram, good producer of wool and meat. Southdown sheep are an ideal mutton breed, possessing the ideal proportions and meat of finest texture. tex-ture. They are noted for their fattening fat-tening qualities, becoming well finished fin-ished at an early age and at a weight of between 60 and 70 pounds. They are one of the oldest known breeds, hence have long been established in type. The Southdown often are crossed with other breeds to produce superior lamb carcasses. Good type mature rams in breeding breed-ing condition weigh from 165 to 220 pounds and ewes from 135 to 160 pounds. Southdowns shear from five to eight pounds from a 12 months' wool growth.