398 



JUDGING SHEEP 



has extreme length, attaining a length of ten inches or more. 

 Although considerable improvement has been effected in the 

 weight, symmetry, maturing qualities, and fleece charactistics 

 the demand for a smaller, earlier maturing breed of mutton 

 sheep has mitigated against the general introduction of the 

 Cotswold. 



FIG. 170. Cotswold ewe. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND SCALE OF POINTS FOR COTSWOLD 



RAM. 



Points. 



HEAD. Not too fine, moderately small, and broad between the 

 eyes and nostrils, but without a short, thick appearance, and 

 in young animals well covered on 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 



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