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much a matter of securing a ram at such or such a price as it is 

 of selecting a sire of merit that is strong in the points wherein 

 the ewe flock is weak, and whose offspring will possess a higher 

 standard of merit than the ewes from which they came. It is 

 a breeding-up process, and this fact justifies more careful selec- 

 tion and greater expenditure of money in each succeeding pur- 

 chase of a ram. It is always a matter of locating the sort of 

 ram desired, and the price demanded for him should not stand 

 in the way of a purchase unless it is really exorbitant. 



The breeding ram of mutton type must be, first of all, a 

 good mutton animal, including as high development of the form, 





Fig. 7.1. Correct Type in the Mutton Breeding Ram. 



Southdown ram, Babraham Bumper, Champion at the English Royal 

 Show in 1909. Bred and shown by Mr. C. Adeane, Babraham Hall, Cam- 

 bridge, England. Note the masculine head and neck, blocky body, heavy 

 leg of mutton, and good bone of this ram. 



quality, and fleshing as may be secured. He must, in addition, 

 have a strong, robust constitution as evidenced by a wide, deep 

 chest and middle and good feeding qualities. The story is told 

 of an English shepherd who visited a certain flock to purchase 

 a yearling ram. After much deliberation, he found himself 

 unable to decide among several of the offerings, all of which 

 suited him. Suddenly his serious expression changed to one of 



