MORE IMPORTANT BREEDS OF SHEEP 



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of the finer sort, somewhat open, and weighs about eight 

 pounds under average conditions. There are but a few 

 of these sheep in America, an effort having been made, 

 however, in recent years to introduce them on the western 

 range. 



The American Merino (or Spanish Merino) is a sheep of 

 Spanish ancestry, the characteristics of which are set forth 

 in the discussion of tlie Class A Merino, which is the same 

 thing. There are various families of these sheep, but they 

 all possess the same general features, and their blood h 

 more or less intermingled. 



The Delaine Merino is of American breeding, but de- 

 scended from sheep imported from Spain early in the nine- 



Fig. 252. — Eambouillet ram "Altamont," champion at the International 

 Live Stocli Exposition, 1905. (Photo by courtesy Mr. George Truesdell.) 



