. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 402 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS. Fig. 222.—"He easily sees the lengtli wlien he parts the ; will dress out with less waste. Another evidence of quality is a crimpy condi- tion of the wool, with fine, wavy or serrated lines like the teeth of a saw. Crimp gives elas- ticity to the wool, which is a valuable quality. In the fleeces of the large, long-wooled sheep, the crimp is in long waves rather than serrations, while, with the smaller sheep of the middle wool type, there is a short, fine crimp. The fineness of the fiber is more or less affected by t
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 402 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS. Fig. 222.—"He easily sees the lengtli wlien he parts the ; will dress out with less waste. Another evidence of quality is a crimpy condi- tion of the wool, with fine, wavy or serrated lines like the teeth of a saw. Crimp gives elas- ticity to the wool, which is a valuable quality. In the fleeces of the large, long-wooled sheep, the crimp is in long waves rather than serrations, while, with the smaller sheep of the middle wool type, there is a short, fine crimp. The fineness of the fiber is more or less affected by the thickness of the wool over the body, the thicker it is, the finer it will be. To study the quality part the wool at several points, especially on the neck, shoulder, middle of side and thigh, and note comparative fineness, crimp and softness, the lat- ter feature being determined by pressure under the fingers. The quantity cf wool produced by the mutton sheep impresses the sheep buyer, especially the butcher, more than the quality. Then he seeks for two things especially, length and density. He easily sees the length when he parts the fleece, and the density he judges by grasping the wool, and determining if it covers the body thickly, indicating a heavy fleece. What the buyer wishes is a heavy weighing fleece, and this cannot be secured unless it has length and is dense or thickly placed over the body. These features should obtain over the sheep in general, and so it is necessary to critically inspect the length and density of covering on different parts of the body. Bareness of belly and legs in- dicates light weight fleece. Also a fleece that easily parts in. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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