X Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



CHAPTER XI. 



The Art and Method of Judging Sheep. 



Judging Sheep at Fairs, in the Classroom, or on the Farm — 

 Few Fitted Lo Judge — General Directions for Judging — 

 Score Card for Mutton Sheep — Judging Ram Classes — 

 Proper Method of Handling Sheep in Judging — Examining 

 the Head and Determining the Age — Watch for Horns 

 or a Goiter — Examining the Thickness and Length of 

 Neck — The Shoulder \'ein — Noting the Depth of Chest — 

 Measuring the Width of the Heart Girth — Covering, 

 Width, and Straightness of Back — Measuring the Width 

 and Thickness of Loin — Noting the Width of Rump — 

 Examining the Depth of Twisl — A Large Leg of Mutton 

 Desirable — Examining the Fleece and Skin on the 

 Shoulder— Noting the Quahty of Wool on the Thigh 221 



CHAPTER XH. 

 Classification of the Breeds of Sheep. 



Medium or Middle Wools— Th3 Shropshire- Tne Oxford — 



The Hampshire — The Southdown — The Dorset Horn — 



The Cheviot— The Suffolk— The Tunis. 

 Long or Coarse Wools — The Cotswold — The Lincoln — The 



Leicester — The Romney Marsh or Kent. 

 The Black-faced Highland — The Corriedale — Other Long 



and Middle Wools. 

 Fine Wools — The American Merino — The Delaine Merino — 



The Rambouilht — Grades of Market Sheep 249 



Index _ 301 



