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FITTING SHEEP 



the knife may slip through the soft, grisly bones of the 

 breast and cut the stomach. This would be fatal as regards 

 cleanliness in dressing an animal. Perhaps it would be ad- 

 visable for the amateur to remove the stomach and intestines 

 before attempting to split up the breast; if this plan is fol- 

 lowed the udder or scrotum, as the case may be, should be 

 opened by the hands after the membrane of the flesh has 

 been divided. These will divide in sections in the exact 



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GRADE YEARLING WETHER. 



same way as will an orange only there is but one division - 

 and will look much better than when wholly divided with 

 the knife. When dressing sheep or lambs it is not neces- 

 sary or even advisable to open them between the legs, as is 

 usually done in dressing cattle, etc., as the flesh is not only 

 more exposed to, or liable to become covered with, dust, etc.> 

 but assumes a dark, dry and unpleasing appearance and lacks 

 that freshness that is so much in evidence where they are 

 left intact until ready to be cut up and offered for sale. 



