. Types and market classes of live stock. wooled, isless liable to chills which throw the animal out of conditionand affect the gains made. In a sense, the heavy fleece is anevidence of strong constitution, so necessary in feeder sheepand lambs. And lastly, the heavy fleece finds an appreciationon the live-stock market. All along the line, therefore, from Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 209 breeding flock to packing house, the fleece with density, lengthof staple, and quality meets with approval and increases thevalue of the animal it covers. It is evident that it takes years to build u
. Types and market classes of live stock. wooled, isless liable to chills which throw the animal out of conditionand affect the gains made. In a sense, the heavy fleece is anevidence of strong constitution, so necessary in feeder sheepand lambs. And lastly, the heavy fleece finds an appreciationon the live-stock market. All along the line, therefore, from Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 209 breeding flock to packing house, the fleece with density, lengthof staple, and quality meets with approval and increases thevalue of the animal it covers. It is evident that it takes years to build up a flock of muchuniform merit and value. It is not a difficult matter to stocka farm with sheep, but whether or not the undertaking willbe successful depends very largely upon the wisdom displayedin the culling of ewes, selection of rams, and general manage-ment ot the flock. In no other kind of live stock does the in-dividuality of the man in charge display itself so strongly aswith sheep. With no other kind of stock does the man count. Fig. 56. A Flock of Uniform Type. Champion Shropshire flock at the 1913 International, owned byA. Bfoughton & Sons of Albany, Wis. for so much. A successful sheep breeder is always a man ofwisdom, energy, and judgment, a man who emphasizes the im-portance of little things, because he has seen the cumulativegood effects of attention to details manifested in the breedingand management of the animals in his charge. Although some essential points in flock managementhave necessarily been touched upon in discussing the elementsthat constitute a good breeding ram and breeding ewe, never-theless a detailed discussion of sheep management cannot bepresented here, as it would require a great deal of space andis outside the range of the general subject in hand. However,3uch important subjects as winter management and feeding 210 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock of ewes, the age to begin breeding, feeding as a factor in get-ting ewes in lamb, dipping
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