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BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



SCORE CARD FOR DELAINE OR CLASS C MERINO SHEEP 



Scale of points 



Perfect 

 score 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 score 



Cor- 

 rec ed 

 score 



AGE Number of permanent front teeth 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



WEIGHT, according to age: 30 Ibs. six mos.; 60 Ibs., 



twelve mos 4 



FORM, low, compact, symmetrical 9 



QUALITY, bone and wool fine, hair silky 10 



HEAD AND NECK: 



MUZZLE, fine, of good size; face medium length 2 



EYES, bright, easily seen; forehead broad 2 



EARS, medium size, set well apart, coated with fine 



hair 2 



NECK, short on top, deep, neatly blending head and 



shoulders 3 



FORE QUARTERS: 



SHOULDERS, well placed; chest deep, medium thick". . . 8 



BRISKET, carried well forward, with some breadth and 



fold or apron 2 



LEGS, straight, short, strong; feet good 4 



BODY: 



BACK, straight, medium wide; loin wide 6 



RIBS, well sprung, long; flanks low 4 



HIND QUARTERS: 



HIPS, smooth; rump, long, level, wide 



THIGHS, ranging from muscular to plump 3 



LEGS, straight, short; stifle full; feet good 4 



WOOL: 



QUALITY, fine, soft, clean, even 10 



DENSITY, compact all over body 9 



LENGTH, uniform, at least 2^ in. for 12 mos 9 



OIL, light colored, evenly distributed 4 



Total points 100 



Much has already been said regarding the features of 

 sheep involved in the use of this score card. In judging this 

 type one must consider the form as approaching very closely 

 to that of the ideal mutton sheep. The fact is, the C type 

 is a general-purpose Merino, with mutton an important 

 feature. Yet one need not expect to find as much thickness 

 of chest, breadth of back, fullness of quarter, or covering of 

 flesh, as with a Southdown or other more highly developed 

 mutton breed. 



Things to emphasize in a study of the Class C type. 



1. The head should be short and broad at forehead, with 

 a slight dish of face in the ewes, and a fullness of nose 



