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flatter in the ribs and not as heavily or uniformly covered with 

 natural flesh. The type is wooled, however, practically from 

 head to foot. The head is usually so densely covered with 

 wool that the animal sees with difficulty. It is wooled to the 

 extremity of the muzzle, over the belly, in the arm pits and 

 down to the pasterns. Some of the breeds of this type are ex- 

 cessively wrinkled, thus giving a maximum area on which 

 wool may be grown. 



Fig. 172. — Wool type of sheep. 



The modern type of fine-wool sheep is more symmetrical, 

 less angular and smoother in form than formerlj^ This has 

 been brought about largely by the desire to obtain better 

 mutton-producing qualities. Attention has been given to 

 breeding out the folds and wrinkles, thus materially improving 

 the mutton form. Even with these improvements the wool 

 sheep does not possess the thickness, smoothness and uni- 

 formity of natural fiesh of the mutton type. In judging 

 this type of sheep mutton-producing qualities should be 

 emphasized consistently with the wool-producing attributes, 

 which are of primary consideration. 



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