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pare the wool on the under part of the body. The 

 next poorest grows on the thigh. The evenness of 

 quality is determined by these two parts. It should 

 compare nearly uniformly in quality and fineness. 

 It may be stated here that the writer in all his years 

 of experience in raising and judging sheep has 

 never found one sheep that was absolutely even in 

 quality of the wool. Usually a slight difference can 

 be noted, the wool on the thigh being a trifle 

 coarser than that on the shoulder. It is very de- 

 sirable to have the wool on both of these places as 

 uniform in quality and fineness as possible. Fig- 

 ure 79 shows the proper place to make these com- 

 parisons. 



