Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 393 compact with good width of back, thickness of loin, and pkimp- ness of thighs. In mutton form they excel all the other breeds. The head is short and broad, wide between the eyes, the ears are short, small, and pointed and are covered on the outside with tufts of wool. The face below the eyes is covered with brownish-gray hair, and the cheeks and forehead with wooL The legs, like the face, are covered with hair. The animals are the smallest of the mutton breeds, ra
Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 393 compact with good width of back, thickness of loin, and pkimp- ness of thighs. In mutton form they excel all the other breeds. The head is short and broad, wide between the eyes, the ears are short, small, and pointed and are covered on the outside with tufts of wool. The face below the eyes is covered with brownish-gray hair, and the cheeks and forehead with wooL The legs, like the face, are covered with hair. The animals are the smallest of the mutton breeds, rams weighing about one hundred seventy-five pounds and ewes about one hundred Fig. 168. — Points of the sheep, front and rear views. 6, face; 7, forehead; 16, brisket, or breast; 20, girth, or heart girth; 28, pin bones; 29, dock, or tail; 31, twist. thirty-five pounds. As a breed they are active and adapted to hilly pastures. The fleece is very dense and short. Shropshire. — The most widely known breed of sheep in America is the Shropshire (Fig. 170). The animals are low- set, broad, deep, and well fleshed, but they do not have as good mutton form as the Southdowns. The head is wooled over, except the nose, which is covered with brown hair. The ears are slightly pointed and are covered on the outside with tufts of fine wool. The legs, where not wooled, are covered with hair the same color as that on the nose. In size the
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