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MANUAL OF FARM ANIMALS 



fine-wool sheep, the American Merino, the Delaine Merino, 

 and the Rambouillet. The fine-wool, or Merino and Ram- 

 bouillet type, may be compared to that of the dairy cow. The 

 body is spare, lacking in fullness, in breadth of back, and in 

 general thickness throughout. The wool is rather short, very 

 thick over the entire body, and exceedingly fine. 



Fig. IOC. — Champion Merino Ram. A type. Photograph from National 

 Stockman and Farmer. 



Owing to the difference in type, as shown by the folds or wrinkles on the neck 

 and over the body, fine-woolcd sheep are divided into three classes. Class A, 

 Merino, represents the class or type with very heavy folds; Class B, Merino, 

 has a smoother body ; Class C, Merino, has a smooth body with only a few or 

 no folds at all about the nock and Ijrcast. 



There are three classes of fine-wool sheep, grouped according 

 to the folds or wrinkles on the neck and body. By common 

 consent these f<jrms are distinguished by letter as follows : 

 Class A. — Merino, representing those with heavy folds at the 

 neck and over the body and hind-quarters, and possessing an 



