84 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



4. Sheep are docile, rather easily handled, live on 

 a great diversity of food, and require less grain than 

 any other kind of live stock. 



5. Enough food is wasted on the ordinary farm to 

 maintain a small flock of sheep. 



6. Sheep may he divided into two classes, wool breeds 

 and mutton breeds. Of the wool breeds, American 



FIG. 31. A COTSWOLD EWK 



Merino, Delaine Merino, and Rambouillets are the stand- 

 ard types. 



Of the mutton breeds, Southdown, Shropshire, Horned 

 Dorset, and Cheviot are the standard types. 



Open the fleece of the sheep and observe the clean 

 skin in which the fibres grow. These fibres are so rough 

 that they keep the dirt to the outside. 



Wool is valuable in proportion to the length and 

 evenness of the fibre and the density of the fleece. 



Answer the following questions : 



