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68. What good purebred sires can do. (From Iowa Bui. 188, Profs. H. H. 



Kildee and A. C. McCandlish.) 200 



69. The dual-purpose type. (From James J. Hill, St. Paul, Minn.) 207 



70. The dual-purpose type. (From George P. Grout, Duluth, Minn.) .... 208 



71. Points of the sheep 219 



72. Correct type in the fat wether 220 



73. Long-wool sheep. (From Iowa Department of Agriculture.) 222 



74. An International grand champion. (From F, S. Springer, Secretary, 



American Southdown Breeders' Association.) 224 



75. The mutton type. (From W. O. Stride, Secretary, Southdown Sheep 



Society of Great Britain.) 225 



76. Determining age of sheep from the teeth. (From U. S. Dept. Agr. 



Farmers' Bui. 1199.) 226 



77. Killing sheep at Chicago 229 



78. Lamb carcasses. (From 111. Bui. 147, A. C. Glover, Secretary of Ex- 



periment Station.) 231 



79. Break-joints and round-joint , 232 



80. Wholesale cuts of mutton 234 



81. Average monthly receipts and shipments of sheep and lambs at Chicago 242 



82. Prime native lambs. (From Iowa State College.) 245 



83. Prime western lambs. (From Armour and Company, Chicago.) 247 



84. Choice western lambs. (From Iowa State College.) 249 



85. Good lambs. (From Prof. W. C. Coffey, University of Illinois.) 250 



86. Common lambs. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) 251 



87. Prime western yearlings. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) ... . 252 



88. Good yearlings. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) 253 



89. Prime native wethers. (From Iowa State College.) 254 



90. Common western wethers. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) 255 



91. Fancy selected feeder lambs. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) 256 



92. Good feeder lambs. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) 257 



93. Common feeder lambs. (From 111. Bui. 129, Prof. W. C. Coffey.) .... 258 



94. Canner ewe. (From C. V. Whalin, U. S. Bureau of Agricultural 



Economics.) 262 



95. Sheep and lamb receipts and fat lamb prices at Chicago 265 



96. Distribution of sheep in the United States. (From U. S. Dept. Agr. 



Yearbook, 1921.) 270 



97. Correct type in the mutton breeding ram. (From Alan Eltringham, 



Babraham, Cambridge, England.) 273 



98. Correct type in the breeding ewe 274 



99. A prize-winning flock 276 



100. A flock of uniform type 277 



101. Class A Merino ram. (From F. R. Marshall, U. S. Bureau of Animal 



Industry.) 280 



102. Class B Merino ram. (From F. R. Marshall, U. S. Bureau of Animal 



Industry.) 281 



103. Class C Merino ram. (From F. R. Marshall, U. S. Bureau of Animal 



Industry.) 284 



104. Class B Merino ewe. (From F. R. Marshall, U. S. Bureau of Animal 



Industry.) 285 



105. Rambouillet ewe. (From F. R. Marshall, U. S. Bureau of Animal 



Industry.) 286 



