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It is easiest to cull the flock a short time after shearing, 

 allowing a few days to elapse in order that the ewes may recover 

 from the shabby appearance and somewhat disorganized state 

 common to many of them immediately after being shorn. Aged 

 ewes and broken-mouthed ewes should have been weeded out the 

 previous fall, the cost of wintering them being a needless expense 

 inasmuch as they are difficult to winter without becoming very 

 low in flesh. The wintered ewes may then be sorted two or three 

 weeks after shearing; faulty forms and lack of size are easily de- 

 tected at that time. It is an easy matter to part with ewes that 



Fig. 72. Correct Type in the Breeding Ewe. 



Champion Hampshire ewe at the 1913 International, owned by Mr. A. W. 

 Arnold, Galesville, Wis. This ewe has strength and vigor, combined with 

 femininity and quality. Her dark points are an asset, and her roomy middle 

 and dense fleece are valuable attributes in the breeding ewe. 



are aged, broken in mouth, ruptured, crippled, or defective in 

 udder, but it sometimes requires strong determination to give up 

 ewes that are sound, but nevertheless unworthy because of faults 

 in form, quality, size, or fleece. This is especially true when close 

 culling will not leave as large a flock as it is desired to carry, but 

 in the long run it will be best to err on the side of too close 



