MORE IMPORTANT BREEDS OF SHEEP 457 



Fig. 249. — Cotswoia ram, first In class at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 

 St. Louis, 1904. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



SCAIE OF POINTS FOR COTSWOLD SHEEP. 



(Adopted by American Cotswold Registry Association.) 



Bam. 



Points 

 Head — Not too fine, moderately small and broad between the eyes and 

 nostrils, but without a short, thick, appearance, and in young ani- 

 mals well covered on the crown with long, lustrous wool . . . . 8 

 Pace — 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 . . . . i 

 Collar — Pull from breast and shoulders, tapering gradually all the way 

 to where the neck and head join. The neck should be short, thick 

 and strong, indicating constitutional vigor, and free from coarse and 



loose skin G 



Shoulders — Broad and full, and at the same time joined so gradually to the 

 collar forward and chine backward as not to leave the least hollow 

 in either place S 



