202 THE DELAINE MERINO 



It is doubtful whether a better breed than the Delaine could be 

 found for certain sections in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir- 

 ginia, and farmers who own them in these regions will do well by 

 going slow in deciding to replace them with some other breed. 

 Delaines have been very popular in various regions of the West, one 

 especially being the interior of Oregon, which served as a breeding 

 ground from which sheepmen of Washington, Idaho, and Montana 

 drew heavily. 



At the present time it is impossible to make a sharp distinction 

 between the C-type American Merino and the Delaine in either 

 appearance or breeding. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What characteristics distinguish the Delaine from the A-type American 



Merino ? 



2. What characteristics in the Delaine were of especial importance to 



farmers? 



