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inent milk veins are a pretty safe guide as to the 

 productive capacity of the dairy cow. 



HOGS AND MUTTON SHEEP 



While it is very difficult to indicate the most 

 striking features of sheep, in a general way the 

 mutton type will be taken as an example. In gen- 

 eral, the mutton conformation of the sheep has 

 many of the features of the beef type in cattle. 

 The body must be compact, the form blocky, the 

 head and neck short, the back broad and level, hind- 



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quarters full and heavy and body d^ep. With the 

 mutton breeds the matter of flesh production is of 

 first consideration, consequently the form that will 

 produce the largest percentage of the most desir- 

 able cuts is the one to be aimed at. The shoulder 

 is valuable for mutton and should be neatly placed 



