Agriculture .. . v :? ~>-^ • - to^Y^^-1^1 Fii,. 215. Shropshire Ewe, Foxs No. 3267, Marchioness 57710, awarded First Prize in class, also Sweepstakes,at Worlds Columbian Exposition. By courtesy of Mortimer Levering. degrees of perfection by the different breeds kept largely for mutton. Asthe names generally given to the different points in the external anatomyof the sheep are in general the same as those applied to the ox, or if dif-ferent are readily understood, no cut showing the points is given. Thereader is advised, in connection with the description of the mutton typewhich follows, to
Agriculture .. . v :? ~>-^ • - to^Y^^-1^1 Fii,. 215. Shropshire Ewe, Foxs No. 3267, Marchioness 57710, awarded First Prize in class, also Sweepstakes,at Worlds Columbian Exposition. By courtesy of Mortimer Levering. degrees of perfection by the different breeds kept largely for mutton. Asthe names generally given to the different points in the external anatomyof the sheep are in general the same as those applied to the ox, or if dif-ferent are readily understood, no cut showing the points is given. Thereader is advised, in connection with the description of the mutton typewhich follows, to refer constantly to the cut of the Shropshire, which showsthe peculiarities of the type in a very high degree of perfection. The ani- 624 AGRICULTChE mal which the cut represents took first prize and sweepstakes at the Colum-bian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. This statement of points is quotedwith very slight modifications from Wallace. 1. A good carriage and springy style of walking. 2. Neck thick towards t
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