. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE RAMBOUILLET 525 agreed on the subject of type, and those of Ohio and Michigan run more to folds than do those of the Western states. The type approved by the West is a large, smooth-bodied mutton Merino. The Eastern tendency to breed a sheep with heavy folds at neck, flanks, dock, and thighs, and with small body wrinkles, is a pro- nounced recognition of the importance of fleece. In breeding flocks, as a rule, the females run fairly free of folds, the service rams showing these characters in a greater degree. T\\t fleece of the Rambouillet sho
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE RAMBOUILLET 525 agreed on the subject of type, and those of Ohio and Michigan run more to folds than do those of the Western states. The type approved by the West is a large, smooth-bodied mutton Merino. The Eastern tendency to breed a sheep with heavy folds at neck, flanks, dock, and thighs, and with small body wrinkles, is a pro- nounced recognition of the importance of fleece. In breeding flocks, as a rule, the females run fairly free of folds, the service rams showing these characters in a greater degree. T\\t fleece of the Rambouillet should be fairly close over the body, have a length for twelve months of two and one-half to three inches, and carry a moderate amount of yolk. The typical Ram- bouillet fleece is not so fine as that of the Delaine, is slightly longer, usually has a light-buff yolk, and has a nice, unctuous feel in handling. The wool should cover the body well, and breed- ers generally seek for a cap of wool well down over the face and with legs wooled to the ankles. Commenting on the wool covering of head and legs. Professor W. C. Coffey, an authority on this breed, has the following criticism ^i Most Rambouillet breeders emphasize great extension of wool over the face and legs, a matter which has been carried too far for practical purposes. Many specimens being completely covered with wool over the head and face are blind, and a blind sheep in a flock or band is a nuisance, because it is crazy. Extreme covering over the legs collects mud and snow, and hence is an incon- venience. It is time for Rambouillet breeders to revise their notions a litde on head and leg Fig. 234. Illinois 402, a Rambouillet ram bred by Illinois University, owned by California University, Davis. This is a B type sheep. From photograph by the author 1 Productive Jheep Husbandry. Philadelphia, 1918. Digittzed by Micrasoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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