. Types and market classes of live stock. lass-B Merino is distinguished chiefly by asmoother body with less folds and a fleece with more lengthand less yolk than the class-A Merino. They have folds onthe neck and breast and often at the thighs, and there may bea few less-pronounced folds along the lower part of the fleece is much longer than the class-A fleece, slightlycoarser, more uniform, and a little less dense and oily; in otherwords, it is a more bulky fleece than that of the A Merino and 218 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock worth a little more per pound. Class-B sheep a
. Types and market classes of live stock. lass-B Merino is distinguished chiefly by asmoother body with less folds and a fleece with more lengthand less yolk than the class-A Merino. They have folds onthe neck and breast and often at the thighs, and there may bea few less-pronounced folds along the lower part of the fleece is much longer than the class-A fleece, slightlycoarser, more uniform, and a little less dense and oily; in otherwords, it is a more bulky fleece than that of the A Merino and 218 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock worth a little more per pound. Class-B sheep are the largestand heaviest of the three classes. Proportionately, they showmore width, compactness, and lowsetness, and there is also alittle more natural fleshing and smoothness than is character-istic of class A, but none of these features are so pronouncedas in class C. The B type has resulted from efforts to secureas much body weight as possible and still produce a fleece inwhich weight and bulk are the leading features, with quality. Fig. 58. Class B Merino Ram. of wool almost disregarded except that the quality be uniformand the fiber fairly well crimped. B-type fleeces measure2 2/3 to 4 inches in length of staple. The weight of a B-typeram may be 140 pounds or it may reach 200, there being nodefinitely established standard of weight essential to best re-sults. Ewes weigh between 115 and 135 pounds. A high-classram will shear 29 pounds, and the ewe 20 pounds. Class C.—This class is also called the Delaine class. Theskin is practically smooth, there being no folds excepting one Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 219 large fold, called the apron, which lies across and below thebreast, and there may be also a few light wrinkles below theneck. The shoulders, middle, and hindquarters are C-type fleece has a definitely established standard for thecharacter of wool. It should be very fine and have good lengthof staple, measuring 2% to 3% inches. There is less de
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