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ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



have good mutton carcasses and no horns. The Leicester, 

 Cotswold and Lincoln are English breeds with white faces. 

 The Blackfaced Highland is a Scotch breed. 



Figure 97. — A Cotswold, a coarse wool type. 



Questions: 



1. Tell how breeds of sheep are classified as to purposes for 

 which they are kept? As to the kind of wool? 



2. What breed of sheep is most common in your neighborhood? 

 Describe this breed and show how it differs from other breeds. 



3. Name the breeds of sheep that have horns? In which breed 

 do both males and females have horns? 



Arithmetic: 



1. What is the value of a fleece of wool weighing 7}4 lbs., when 

 23c. per pound? 

 What is the value of 17 lambs weighing 84 lbs. each, at 7c. per 



wool is 

 2. 



pound? 

 3. 



If a farmer with 50 ewes can get 7}4 lbs. of wool from each, 

 and can raise 40 84-lb. lambs, what will be his total income from his 

 sheep, if he sells the wool at 23c. per lb. and the lambs at 7c. per lb.? 



