. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. Fig. 107. — Champion Merino Ram. B type. Photograph from National Stockman arid Farmer. abundance of j'olk or grease (Fig. 106). Class B. — Merino, representing those with fewer and smaller folds on neck and body and carrying less yolk in the wool (Fig. 107). Class C. — Merino, rejiresenting those with comparatively smooth bodies, possessing less yolk than Class B, though the wool is, as a rule, somewhat longer (Fig. 108). Of the th
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. Fig. 107. — Champion Merino Ram. B type. Photograph from National Stockman arid Farmer. abundance of j'olk or grease (Fig. 106). Class B. — Merino, representing those with fewer and smaller folds on neck and body and carrying less yolk in the wool (Fig. 107). Class C. — Merino, rejiresenting those with comparatively smooth bodies, possessing less yolk than Class B, though the wool is, as a rule, somewhat longer (Fig. 108). Of the three classes A is perhaps the heaviest shearer, a case being reported of an animal shearing .30 per cent of his gross weight. The mutton type. — There are many breeds of mutton sheep, divided into two general groups, known as the medium-wool and the long-wool; each, however, in the main possesses the characteristic mutton type. The mutton type resembles the beef type. The animals are low- set, compact, and blocky in appearance. CHOOSING SHEEP In choosing sheep, whether for the production of mutton or fine wool, they should be care- fully examined. It is essential that the examination be syste- matic. Perhaps the most con- venient and simplest method is to note, first, the general ap- pearance, the form, weight, con- dition, quality, and constitution, and if these are satisfactory, to make a more detailed Fig. 108. — Delaine Mehino Ram "; C type. First prize yearling ram at four State- fairs, 1909. Bred and owned by W. N. Cook and Son, New London, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harper, Merritt Wesley, 1877-. New York, The Macmillan company
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