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joitnistl of Agriculture, Vicforia. [lo July, 191 i. 



If a merino ram is said to possess a fleece of beautiful quality, then 

 he is taken at once to be a fine-wool ram. When a ram is stated to have 

 a ewe's fleece, it is meant that he has one of fine quality. 



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MERINO RAM SHOWING QUALITY IN FACE. 



There is more u.^e for rams with well-bred, broad-stapled fleeces, than 

 'or rams with \erv fine fleeces ; but. in stud breeding, fine-woolled rams 



:RIN0 ewes showing QUALITY IN FACE. 



are occasionally necessary. A merino ram declares his claim to quality by 

 showing all the signs of good breeding, such as soft colour of face and 

 legs ; style of horn, &c. ; fair am.ount of lustre in the wool, whether 



