400 



Effective Farming 



FIG. 176. Lincoln ewe. 



bouillet the breeders 

 have improved the mut- 

 ton qualities and have 

 kept the fine- wool char- 

 acteristic. 



American Merino. 

 The American Merinos 

 are the smallest of all 

 breeds, the rams rang- 

 ing from one hundred 

 to one hundred seventy- 

 five pounds and the 

 ewes from eighty to one 

 hundred pounds. The 

 head is small and covered with wool, except the tip of the nose. 

 The males have heavy, incurving, spiral horns ; the females 

 are hornless. The fleece is from two to two and one-half 

 inches in length and is very dense and fine. The whole body 

 is covered with wool and 

 the area of the wooled 

 surface is increased by 

 the presence of wrinkles 

 and folds. The Merinos 

 are grouped into three 

 classes, A, B, and C, 

 according to the pres- 

 ence or absence of the 

 wrinkles and folds. 

 Animals of class A (Fig. 

 177) have heavy wrin- 

 kles and folds ; those of 

 class B have few wrinkles about 'the neck and brisket and 

 in some cases on the thighs; those of class C are still less 

 wrinkled, often having only a slight suggestion of wrinkles 

 about the neck. They are often known as Delaine Merinos 



FIG. 177. Type A, Merino ram. 



