. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 168. — Points of the sheep, front and rear views. 6, face; 7, forehead; 16, brisket, or breast; 20, girth, or heart girth; 28, pin bones; 29, dock, or tail; 31, twist. thirty-five pounds. As a breed they are active and adapted to hilly pastures. The fleece is very dense and short. Shropshire. — The most widely known breed of sheep in America is the Shropshire (Fig. 170). The animals are low- set, broad, deep, and well fleshed, but they do not have as good mutton form as the Southdowns. The head is wooled over, except the nose, which
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 168. — Points of the sheep, front and rear views. 6, face; 7, forehead; 16, brisket, or breast; 20, girth, or heart girth; 28, pin bones; 29, dock, or tail; 31, twist. thirty-five pounds. As a breed they are active and adapted to hilly pastures. The fleece is very dense and short. Shropshire. — The most widely known breed of sheep in America is the Shropshire (Fig. 170). The animals are low- set, broad, deep, and well fleshed, but they do not have as good mutton form as the Southdowns. The head is wooled over, except the nose, which is covered with brown hair. The ears are slightly pointed and are covered on the outside with tufts of fine wool. The legs, where not wooled, are covered with hair the same color as that on the nose. In size the
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