. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Range-cattle Scenes In Western Nebraska. PART IV SHEEP CHAPTER XVIII. MUTTON TYPE. Outlook for Sheep Favorable.—There is a grow-ing tendency on the part of the public to consumemore mutton. This may be due in part to the factthat mutton carcasses are more carefully dressed andbetter ripened than formerly, but more likely it isboth because a better grade of mutton sheep isbeing produced and because it is marketed earlierthan was the case several years ago. During formeryears when wool was higher in price, the countrywas largely stocked with fi
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . Range-cattle Scenes In Western Nebraska. PART IV SHEEP CHAPTER XVIII. MUTTON TYPE. Outlook for Sheep Favorable.—There is a grow-ing tendency on the part of the public to consumemore mutton. This may be due in part to the factthat mutton carcasses are more carefully dressed andbetter ripened than formerly, but more likely it isboth because a better grade of mutton sheep isbeing produced and because it is marketed earlierthan was the case several years ago. During formeryears when wool was higher in price, the countrywas largely stocked with fine-wooled sheep of thedistinctively wool breeds. These sheep were retainedon the farms perhaps several years for the annualclip of wool, and when finally placed upon themarket had become so aged as to make the meattough, as well as strongly flavored. With lowerprices for wool, there have come about markedchanges in the, character of flocks. Rams of themutton breeds, including the Shropshire, South-down, Hampshire, Cotswold, Oxford, Lincoln, andL
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