. Types and market classes of live stock. rt period. Medium feeder lambs.—This grade is deficient in breed-ing, form, quality, and weight. They are long, leggy, andangular in form, and their wrinkled skins are evidence ofmuch Merino blood. Common or inferior feeder lambs.—Little, light, late-born,weak lambs grade as common or inferior. The market callsthem bums, culls, pewees, and peanuts. They weighfrom 25 to 45 pounds and require five or six months feeding Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 195 and careful management to make the feeding profitable. Ex-tremely coarse lambs also grade as c
. Types and market classes of live stock. rt period. Medium feeder lambs.—This grade is deficient in breed-ing, form, quality, and weight. They are long, leggy, andangular in form, and their wrinkled skins are evidence ofmuch Merino blood. Common or inferior feeder lambs.—Little, light, late-born,weak lambs grade as common or inferior. The market callsthem bums, culls, pewees, and peanuts. They weighfrom 25 to 45 pounds and require five or six months feeding Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 195 and careful management to make the feeding profitable. Ex-tremely coarse lambs also grade as common. Yearling feeders.—This sub-class is composed only ofyearling wethers, and, as the mutton yearling should be ableto substitute for lamb, quality and weight are of great im-portance in grading yearling feeders. They are not a promi-nent feature in the feeder trade, as but few appear on themarket. The grades are choice, good, and common. Feeder wethers.—The supply is very small. The gradesare choice, good, medium, and Fig. 53. Common Feeder Lambs. Feeder ewes.—Most ewes suitable for feeding bring ahigher price when sold for breeding purposes, hence the sup-ply of feeder ewes is small. They exhibit considerable varia-tion in condition, quality, and thrift, and are graded choice,good, medium, and common. Breeding Sheep. Both native and western ewes are included in this class,but breeding bucks are exclusively natives. Bulletin No. 129of the Illinois Station has the following to say concerning thisclass: The ewes most sought after are two-, three-, andfour-year-old dark-faced natives in ordinary field ewes sell better than those that are otherwise 196 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock their equals, because their lambs, being dark faced, sell bet-ter than light-faced lambs on the eastern markets. Westernewes are very popular for breeding purposes in certain locali-ties, as Ohio, Michigan, and Western New York, and many-engaged in the
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