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DOMESTIC ANIMALS, DAIRYING, ETC. 



is by far the most important, due to the fact that the producer can 

 most profitably market his sheep as lambs and also that lamb is 

 preferred to mutton by the consumer. However, mature mutton 

 sheep will always be a feature on the market because it is the chan- 

 nel of disposal for surplus and spent breeding stock. 



Mutton sheep upon the Chicago market are either slaughtered 

 at the Chicago packing houses or reshipped, principally to Phila- 

 delphia, New York, Baltimore, Washington and Buffalo. These 

 live shipments are usually made up of choice grades. The sheep 

 slaughtered in Chicago are disposed of locally and by shipments 

 to other consuming centers. The following sub-classes mark the 

 divisions under which mutton sheep are graded: LAMBS, YEAR- 

 LINGS, WETHERS, EWES, BUCKS and STAGS. 



Classes. 



OUTLINE. 



Sub-Classes. 



Lambs 



Yearlings 



MUTTON SHEEP 



(Native and Western Sheep) 



Ewes 



FEEDER SHEEP 

 (Western Sheep) 



Lambs 



Yearlings 



Wethers 



Ewes 



Grades. 



f Prime 

 Choice 

 jGood 

 I Medium 

 [Common or Culls 



r Prime 



J Choice 



[Good 



Prime 

 I Choice 

 ] Good 

 I Common 



rPrime 

 Choice 

 Good 

 Medium 

 Common or Culls 



{Choice 

 Good 

 Common 



Fancy Selected 



Choice 



Good 



Medium 



Common 



Choice 



Common 



r Choice 

 I Good 

 ~j Medium 

 [ Common 



(Choice 

 Good 

 Medium 

 Common 



