. Types and market classes of live stock. eep sold as feeders are those grown on west-ern ranges. The sub-classes of feeder sheep are lambs, year-lings, wethers, and ewes. Feeder lambs.—Illinois Bulletin No. 129 has the follow-ing to say regarding feeder lambs: Feeder lambs are thosethin in flesh left after sorting out those in a band in suitablecondition for the mutton trade. A great percentage of the 192 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock feeder lambs reaching the markets fall into that class becauseof certain influences under which they have been placed. Itmay be that they have had an u
. Types and market classes of live stock. eep sold as feeders are those grown on west-ern ranges. The sub-classes of feeder sheep are lambs, year-lings, wethers, and ewes. Feeder lambs.—Illinois Bulletin No. 129 has the follow-ing to say regarding feeder lambs: Feeder lambs are thosethin in flesh left after sorting out those in a band in suitablecondition for the mutton trade. A great percentage of the 192 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock feeder lambs reaching the markets fall into that class becauseof certain influences under which they have been placed. Itmay be that they have had an unequal chance with those inhighest condition in the band on account of not being so wellnourished by their dams; they may have been born too lateto reach that degree of condition, finish, and weight de-manded by the packer; or, they may have been held too longat the shipping place on the range or on the road by poor trainservice without the necessary amount of feed, so that thedeterioration in condition placed what would have been mut-. Fig. 50. Common Wethers. ton lambs in the feeder class. Feeder lambs are gradedfancy selected, choice, good, medium, and common or selected feeder lambs.—This grade includes only arelatively small number of lambs, because they must meetnot only the requirements for choice feeder lambs, but mustalso show very good breeding, great uniformity in appear-ance and markings, and a degree of quality that justifies noadverse criticism. They show slightly more fatness than thegeneral run of feeder lambs, and are heavier, weighing from65 to 70 pounds. Such lambs are quickly finished into primelambs. Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 193 Choice feeder lambs.—This grade of feeder lambs will de-velop into choice or prime mutton lambs, provided they areproperly managed. The buyer looks for evidences of abilityto make economical gains and to reach a high state of evidences are manifested in the form, quality, constitu-tion,
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