WOOL TYPE 411 



Perfnct score. 



Brought forward 64 



Fleece — 36 Points. 



Kind: Domestic, clean and bright. 

 Territory, dii-ty or discolored. 



Blanket j^^^^y °^ having dead fibers. 

 Class: Clothing, fiber under two inches in length or unsound. 

 Delaine, fiber two to three inches in length. 

 Combing, fiber over three inches in length and sound. 

 Grade: fine, medium or coarse. 

 Quantity: long, dense, even covering, especially over crown, 



cheek, armpit, hindlegs and belly .... 12 

 Quality: fine fiber, crimp close, regular; even quality includ- 

 ing tops of folds . 12 



Condition: bright, lustrous, sound, pure, soft, even distribu- 

 tion of yolk, with even surface to fleece 12 



Total 100 



Fine-wool Breeds. — The fine-wool breeds of sheep as 

 described below are derivatives of the Spanish Merino. 

 These breeds exhibit marked peculiarities in the skin folds 

 and the unusually fine quality and large quantity of the 

 wool produced. 



Merinos are sometimes classed into A, B, and C types on 

 the basis of the presence or absence of the skin folds. 

 Class A has heavy folds at the neck, over the body and hind- 

 quarters. They are characterized by high percentage of wool 

 and yolk to carcass weight. This class is represented by the 

 Spanish or American Merino. 



Class B, has a smoother body than Class A and there are 

 fewer folds in the skin and less yolk in the staple. This class 

 is represented also by Spanish or American blood. 



Class C has a comparatively smooth body with very 

 few folds except possibly around the neck and shoulders. 

 This class is represented by the Delaine Merino and Ram- 

 bouillet. 



American Merino. — ^The American Merino is the smallest 

 of the Merino breeds, rams ranging in weight from 125 to 

 135 pounds and ewes from 90 to 100. The form is angular, 

 lacking in symmetry, and therefore desirable mutton-pro- 

 ducing qualities. The body is wooled from the upper part 



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