248 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



The neck should be moderately short and rather muscular. 

 The neck and shoulders do not blend smoothly as in the mutton 

 type, although extreme angularity or roughness is undesirable. 

 Males should show a heavily muscled neck; a pronounced crest 

 or scrag just behind the poll indicates a strongly sexed animal. 



The shoulders should be well laid in, and should be mus- 

 cular. The depth of fleshing is not great enough to give that 

 smoothness of form which characterizes a good mutton-type 

 animal. The tops of the shoulders are often sharp and high, 

 especially in those individuals showing the more extreme devel- 



Fig. 76. Class B Merino Ram. 



opment of the type; but a neat, rather rounded conformation 

 with a fair degree of smoothness is more to be desired, especially 

 in rams. 



The breast should be deep and have moderate width. The 

 absence of heavy fleshing makes impossible the development 

 of any marked degree of plumpness or width, yet a very nar- 

 row or peaked breast indicates a cramped chest cavity and 

 lack of strong constitution. 



The chest gets its capacity from depth more than from 

 width. Extreme narrowness is a serious fault; the fore-rib 



