2/4 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



IX. Wool production. 



(1) The fleece is almost as heavy as that of the Lincoln, 

 and it is coarser. 



(2) In good, well kept flocks it should weigh on an 

 average from eleven to fourteen pounds, unwashed. 



X. Compared with Leicesters. 



(1) Cotswolds are larger and have shown a somewhat 

 higher adaptation for outcrossing for renovating purposes. 



(2) Leicesters are better adapted for crossing to effect 

 improvement in the form and meat producing qualities of 

 rough stocks. 



(3) In other essentials they are very similar. 



STANDARD POINTS. 



I. The following standard of excellence was 

 drawn up by the American Cotswold Association : 



FOR RAMS. 



POINTS. 



(1) Head Not too fine, moderately small and broad 

 between the eyes and nostrils, but without a 

 short, thick appearance, and in young animals 

 well covered on crown with long, lustrous wool 8 



(2) Face Either white or slightly mixed with gray, 



or white dappled with brown .... 4 



(3) Nostrils Wide and expanded, nose dark. . i 



(4) Eyes Prominent but mild looking ... 2 



(5) Ears Broad, long, moderately thin, and cov- 

 ered with short hair 4 



(6) Collar Full from breast and shoulders, taper- 

 ing gradually all the way to where the neck and 

 head join. The neck should be short, thick 

 and strong, indicating constitutional vigor and 

 free from coarse and loose skin ... 6 



(7) Shoulders Broad and full, and at the same 

 time join so gradually to the collar forward 

 and chine backward as not to leave the least 

 hollow in either place 8 



(8) Forelegs The mutton on the arm or fore thigh 

 should come quite to the knee ; leg, upright with 

 heavy bone, being clear from superfluous skin, 

 with wool to fetlock, and may be mixed with 

 gray 4 



