SHEEP FEEDING AND FARM 

 MANAGEMENT 



CHAPTER I 



A CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF NATIVE AND 

 WESTERN MARKET SHEEP 1 



An attempt to classify and describe market sheep is at- 

 tended with no few difficulties. Especially does this apply 

 to Western sheep, for there is practically nothing written, 

 and very little known, by the average sheep man concern- 

 ing them. Even our best present-day authorities seem to 

 differ quite widely in their opinions at times. Indeed, it 

 is hard to point out any very exact and close distinctions 

 between the sheep from the different Western regions and 

 states, but experienced market men seem to see and know 

 a difference, and one glance will generally be sufficient for 

 them to tell from what state any given band or flock has 

 come. With a hope of correlating and putting into concrete 

 form this rather hazy and indefinite mass of knowledge this 

 chapter has been attempted, for Western sheep form by far 

 the bulk of the trade in sheep circles on our markets. 



The following outlines are given in as brief and simple a 

 form as possible, and no attempt has been made to divide 



1 The term ' f market sheep, 1 ' as used here, means all sheep, whether fat 

 or thin, not included in the breeding classes; and the word "sheep," 

 when used alone, refers to all ages. 



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