. 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. CHOOSING AND JUDGING SHEEP 365 Fig. 107. — Champion Mehino Ram. B type. Photograph from National Stockman and Farmer. abundance of yolk 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, representing those with comparatively smooth bodies, possessing less yolk than Class B, though the wool is, as a rule, somewhat l
. 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. CHOOSING AND JUDGING SHEEP 365 Fig. 107. — Champion Mehino Ram. B type. Photograph from National Stockman and Farmer. abundance of yolk 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, representing 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 36 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 constitiition, and if these are satisfactory, to make a more detailed Fig. 108. — Delaine Merino 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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