202 Animal Husbandry 
established by William Berry of Washington County, Pennsylvania, 
who egan the work about 1821, although the sheep employed in 
the breeding operations descended from the Colonel Humphrey im- 
portation of 1802. Mr. Berry endeavored to produce a large, 
Fic. 73. — The Delaine Merino ram ‘‘ Beacon.’’ Fine-wool type. 
heavy-shearing, fine-wool sheep, selecting those of darkest outer 
covering, which he termed Black Tops. 
325. Delaine Merino compared with the American Merino. — 
In a very general way these two types are similar, with the De- 
laines possessing fewer folds of the skin, although the several 
families of Delaines vary widely in size and conformation. Thus 
in the Dickinson Delaine, which is one of the largest, the standard 
weight for mature rams is 200 pounds, and that for ewes, 150 pounds, 
