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Rural School Leaflet. 



Fig. 71. — Young growth of white pine in opening 

 WOOL PRODUCTION 



ELMER S. SAVAGE 



According to their production of wool sheep are divided into three 

 (lasses, the fine wooled, middle wooled, and long ivooled. Our common 

 breeds are classed as follows: 



American Merino 



L Fine wooled Rambouillet or French Merino 



[Delaine Merino 



Southdown 

 Shropshire 



IL Middle wooled | Hampshire Down 



Oxford Down 

 Dorset Horn 



f Cheviot 

 Cotswold 

 Leicester 

 Lincoln 



The breeds in class I are the typical wool producing breeds. The 

 breeds in classes II and III are typical mutton producing breeds and 

 wool is merely a by-product. The cut on page 1 3 7 Fig. 74 shows a Delaine 



III. Long wooled. 



