. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. THE BREEDS OF SHEEP 265 weighing from 100 to 175 pounds, the ewes 80 to 100 pounds. Their form is Ught, angular and lacks symmetry when com- pared with that of the mutton breeds. The head is small, completely wooled over except at the tip of the nose, and surmounted by heavy, sharply incurving, spiral horns in the male, while the ewes have none. The fleece is short,. Fig. 133. — A Delaine Merino ram. but very dense and fine, being two and one half inches in length and shearing' from twelve to twenty pounds. The amount of yolk whi
. The principles and practice of judging live-stock . Livestock. THE BREEDS OF SHEEP 265 weighing from 100 to 175 pounds, the ewes 80 to 100 pounds. Their form is Ught, angular and lacks symmetry when com- pared with that of the mutton breeds. The head is small, completely wooled over except at the tip of the nose, and surmounted by heavy, sharply incurving, spiral horns in the male, while the ewes have none. The fleece is short,. Fig. 133. — A Delaine Merino ram. but very dense and fine, being two and one half inches in length and shearing' from twelve to twenty pounds. The amount of yolk which it contains causes the fleece to soil on the surface, giving the " Black Topped " effect. The Merino's skin is a most delicate pink. The fleece completely covers the sheep from tip to toe, and the normal surface area is increased by the skin being thrown into Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. New York : Macmillan
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