Fitting Wethers for Shows. 217 



SELECTING BLOCK WINNERS. 



Very often many of the prize winning wethers 

 on the hoof do not win on the block. This is prob- 

 ably true in more cases in England than in Amer- 

 ica. At the English shows fatter, softer, and more 

 blubbery wethers are shown than in America, and 

 these animals are awarded the prize money be- 



PLATE 65. Dressed carcasses of lambs, first, second, and third prize 

 winners. All three were Southdowns. The second and third prize 

 winners were shown by the University of Wisconsin at the International 

 of 1913. 



cause the English seem to like fatter mutton than 

 do Americans. The American judges of fat weth- 

 ers have come to realize what it is that the butcher 

 wants when the animal is brought on the block. 



It has been demonstrated time and again that 

 the Southdown excels all other breeds when it 

 comes to the block test. This breed of sheep more 

 adequately fills the requirements of what consti- 

 tutes a good form, and shows the proper mixing 

 of fat with lean meat, which forms what is termed 



