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tion, quality, and weight than on form. . Market quality consists in 

 freedom from coarseness and from undue weight of pelt (skin and 

 wool combined), while in the mutton type a heavy fleece is not 

 necessarily a criticism against quality. Ideal market condition 

 requires an even, firm covering with fat, but it does not call for' 

 excessive fatness such as is expected of breed specimens and fat 

 wethers in classes for single sheep at large exhibitions. The fact is 

 that show specimens are often made too fat. The weight desired of 

 market sheep is a matter that varies with the different classes, 

 lambs, yearlings, wethers, and ewes; it is also a matter that varies 

 somewhat with the different seasons (Fig. 42). 



In selecting feeder sheep, condition, quality, weight, form, and 

 thrift are the factors to be considered. The ideal feeder should not 

 be fat, neither should it be so thin as to seem lacking in vigor and 

 health. Its quality should correspond with that of the fat sheep 

 and it is best in form when it corresponds to the description 'of form 

 given under mutton type, but perfection of form cannot be ex- 

 pected in a sheep that is not fat. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Which is easier to determine, general type or breed type? Why? 



2. List the large differences between the mutton type and the wool type. 



3. Which would grade the higher on the market, the wool type or the 



mutton type? W T hy? 



4 Compare the head of a ram with that of a ewe of the same breed. 

 5. How are the differences noted to be accounted for? 



