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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



prominent; the neck of medium length, thin toward the head, but 

 enlarging toward the shoulders, where it should be broad and 

 high, and straight in its whole course above and below. The breast 

 should be wide, deep and projecting forward between the forelegs. 



indicating a good constitution, and a disposition to thrive. Corre- 

 sponding with this the shoulders should be level with the back, and 

 not too wide above; they should bow outward from the top to the 

 breast, indicating a springing rib beneath, and leaving room for 

 it, the ribs coming out horizontally from the spine, and extending 



