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The mutton sheep type may be compared to the draft 

 horse and beef cattle types. It is short and thick of neck; 

 wide and level of back; broad and full at chest and at the 

 hind end, and with short, fine-boned legs. A mutton sheep, when 

 fat, is smooth and plump of body, although this smoothness 

 is not usually seen, the body being covered with wool. 



The fine-wool sheep or Merino type has been com- 

 pared to the light harness horse and the dairy cow. Its 



Fig. 62. A dual-purpose cow. Photograph by courtesy The Farmer. 



principal purpose is to produce wool. Therefore, we expect 

 to find the body narrow throughout, especially along over 

 the top of the shoulders. This type is muscular, and is 

 rather narrow in front and behind, with thin thighs, lacking 

 the meaty form of the mutton sheep. A fine fleece of wool 

 covered on the outside with more or less dirty brown grease, 

 is seen on this type during much of the year. There 



