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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. 162. — Cotswold ewe. 



Standard of Excellence and Scale op 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 S 

 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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