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longest in Class C, while the densest, heaviest fleeces have 

 been ]) rod need by Class A sheep. Classes A and B so 

 closely approach each other in appearance, when we con- 

 sider variation within the class, that at the more important 

 shows, where these Merino classes are recognized, examples 



Fig. 226. A Type Merino ram, "Don's Champion," owned by the late J. P. 

 Ray of New York. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



of each may be in the same ring. In a similar manner, 

 sheep of B and C classes sometimes are found in the same 

 ring. If a judge knows his business, he sees that the sheep 

 out of their class are sent back to their pens. 



The Merino of Class A type, very generally called the 

 American Merino, is not common to-day in America. For 

 fully three-fourths of a century wrinkly Merinos were the 

 rule and not the exception in this country. However, mut- 



