4 BULLETIN 593, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
A study of types and. breeds.—Practice in judging should be ac- 
companied by a study of the types and breeds of sheep which are im- 
portant in the United States. Emphasis should be placed upon type 
and breeds of local importance. There are a great many classifica- 
tions for the breeds of sheep, but the breeds common in America may | 
be conveniently grouped on a basis of the kind of wool they produce, 
as follows (figs. 5, 6, and 7) : 
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Wie. 4.—Chart for teaching relation of body outline to skeleton parts: 1, upper jaw; 2, 
lower jaw; 3, parietal; 4, frontal ridge; 5, horn cores; 6, frontal; 7, lachrymal; 8, 
malar; 9, temporal; 10, nasal; 11, maxillary ; 12, upper molars; 13, premaxillary ; 14, 
frontal spine ; 15, eye socket ; 16, lower molars; 17, incisors ; 18—24, cervical vertebrae ; 
18, atlas; 19, axis ; 25-37, dorsal vertebrae ; 38, sternum ; 39—45, lumbar vertebrae; 46, 
sacrum ; 47-58, caudal vertebrae ; 59, ilium; 60, ischium; 61, pubis; 62, hip joint; 63, 
scapula ; 64, shoulder joint ; 65, humerus; 66, ulna; 67, radius ; 68, elbow joint ; 69-75, 
carpal bones; 76, metacarpal; 77, sesamoid; 78, pastern; 79, coronary; 80, coffin 
bones; 81, sesamoid; 82, femur; 83, patella; 84, tibia; 85, knee joint; 86, hock joint ; 
87-91, tarsal bones. 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BREEDS OF SHEEP. 
Fine wool: 
American Merino. 
Delaine Merino. 
Rambouillet. 
Medium (or middle) wool: 
Southdown. 
Shropshire. 
Hampshire. 
Oxford. 
Dorset Horn 
Suffolk. 
Cheviot. 
1 Farmers’ Bulletin 576, Breeds of Sheep for the Farm, should be used in connection 
with this study. 
