MORE IMPORTANT BREEDS OF SHEEP 



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Fig. 249. Cotswold ram. first in class at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 

 St. Louis, 1904. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



SCALE OF POINTS FOB COTSWOLD SHEEP. 



(Adopted by American Cotswold Registry Association.) 



Bam. 



Points 



Head Not too fine, moderately small and broad between the eyes and 

 nostrils, but without a short, thick, appearance, and in young ani- 

 mals well covered on the crown with long, lustrous wool . . . . 8 

 Face Either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with 



brown 4 



Nostrils Wide and expanded; nose dark 1 



Eyes Prominent, but mild looking 2 



Ears Broad, long, moderately thin and covered with short hair . . . . 4 

 Collar Full from breast and shoulders, tapering gradually all the way 

 to where the neck and head join. The neck should be short, thick 

 and strong, indicating constitutional vigor, and free from coarse and 



loose skin 



Shoulders Broad and full, and at the same time joined so gradually to the 

 collar forward and chine backward as not to leave the least hollow 

 in either place . . . . 8 



