. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . Plate 74. The loin should be broad and thick. It is also one of thevaluable cuts. ing his fingers together as shown in the illustra-tion. NOTING THE WIDTH OF THE RUMP. The idea of placing the two hands on the sheepsrump, is to find out whether the sheep carries its Art and Method of Judging Sheep, 241 width out to the end of the body, straight and reason for the importance of this examinationis that the part back of the hips, called the rump. Plate 75. Noting the width and fullness of rump. I
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . Plate 74. The loin should be broad and thick. It is also one of thevaluable cuts. ing his fingers together as shown in the illustra-tion. NOTING THE WIDTH OF THE RUMP. The idea of placing the two hands on the sheepsrump, is to find out whether the sheep carries its Art and Method of Judging Sheep, 241 width out to the end of the body, straight and reason for the importance of this examinationis that the part back of the hips, called the rump. Plate 75. Noting the width and fullness of rump. It is essentialthat the sheep carry its width to the end of the body. or hindquarter, has the second highest priced is therefore essential that the sheep should bewide and full at this part of the body. Many sheepthat are well-developed all over the body, often lack 242 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. much in width of the rump. Instead of holdingthe straight line out to the end, they taper off to asharp point. This defect is often not very notice-able, especially if the sheep has been can be done by trimming to deceive the eyeand to improve the looks of the sheep. EXAMINING THE DEPTH OF TWIST. By placing the left hand on top at the end of therump, and the right hand between the two hindlegs as shown in Figure 76, the judge can deter-mine the fullness and depth of the sheeps portion when well-developed adds greatly tothe value of the sheep, and consequently shouldreceive the sharp attention of the ju
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