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263. The mutton type is simply the block standard 

 applied to sheep (Fig. 121). The low-set, wide, deep, 

 symmetrical individual is the one that does best for both 

 butcher and feeder, furnishing the highest percentage of 



FIG. 121. A typical mutton wether. 



the most desirable parts of the carcass with least waste 

 in killing to the former, and insuring, to the latter, 

 most economic production of such an acceptable butcher 

 carcass. 



