Types and market classes of live stock . e. Lack of quality and lack of condition arethe most frequent causes of failure to grade higher than good. Medium lambs.—Here the form is frequently faulty, andthe condition and quality fall far below the standard. Long,narrow, rough lambs much lacking in flesh grade here. They Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 223 are often paunchy. Western lambs answering to this descrip-tion classify as feeders unless they are very coarse, hence thisgrade is mostly filled by native lambs. Common or cull lambs.—Coarse, ill-shaped, thin lambsgrade as common or cul
Types and market classes of live stock . e. Lack of quality and lack of condition arethe most frequent causes of failure to grade higher than good. Medium lambs.—Here the form is frequently faulty, andthe condition and quality fall far below the standard. Long,narrow, rough lambs much lacking in flesh grade here. They Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 223 are often paunchy. Western lambs answering to this descrip-tion classify as feeders unless they are very coarse, hence thisgrade is mostly filled by native lambs. Common or cull lambs.—Coarse, ill-shaped, thin lambsgrade as common or culls. With one exception they are verylight in weight, ranging from 30 to 50 pounds. The exceptionis found in the case of coarse, bucky lambs, the result of toolate castration. The development of sex explains their coarse-ness and heavy weight, as they are heavier than the bulk ofcommon lambs, sometimes weighing as much as 100 lambs are mostly natives. Their lack of flesh is oftendue to infestation by internal Fig. 65. Prime Western Yearlings. Many uncastrated lambs still come to market, but prin-cipally from the small farms—never from large farms or rancheswhere sheep raising is recognized as a business. They are dis-criminated against rather severely at times by buyers. Ramlambs are so restless that they do not acquire the finish of wetherlambs. This is especially true after they have reached the ageof 3 or 4 months. Tests have shown that wether lambs make11 per cent, more gains in weight than do ram lambs undersimilar conditions, and the difference in fatness is much moremarked. Lambs should be docked and castrated when from7 to 10 days old. 224 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock Yearlings.—This sub-class includes yearling wethers ewes are excluded. Yearlings are used as a substitutefor lambs in the meat trade. The ability to substitute for lambdepends upon weight, quality, condition, and immaturity; forthe nearer the yearlin
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