Glossary 441 
Ewe. Female sheep. 
Feeders. Lambs, wethers, or ewes not fat enough to slaughter 
but ready to be placed in the feed-lot. Lambs are the best 
feeders as they make the most economical gains. 
Fine wools. A class of sheep producing the finest wool. It 
includes all the strains of the Merino and Rambouillet. 
Four-year-old. A sheep past forty-eight months and having 
eight permanent incisor teeth. 
; Full mouth. A mouth which contains eight sound permanent 
incisors. 
Gummy. An old ewe having a badly broken mouth. 
Half-bred. The cross-bred offspring of a long wool ram and 
a fine wool ewe. This term is applied to the animal itself while 
the term “half blood” refers to a class of wool. 
Hogget. A yearling sheep that has never been shorn. Hogg 
wool is the first fleece from a sheep. 
Kemp. Dead fiber found in a fleece — found especially in 
goats. 
Lamb. A sheep under twelve months of age and having no 
permanent teeth. 
Legging out. The practice of separating sheep by catching 
each one by hand and pulling them out of the bunch. It is 
called legging out because the sheep are usually caught by the 
hind legs. The use of the dodging chute is a much better way 
of separating. 
Long wool. A term applied to those breeds of sheep having 
a long fibered wool. The Long wool breeds include the Lin- 
coln, Cotswood, Leicester, and Romney Marsh. The wool of 
these breeds is classed as braid. 
Luster. A term referring to the glistening appearance of 
the fiber or wool when held to the light. 
Middle wool. A class of sheep having wool between that of 
the long wool and the fine wool. It includes breeds of the very 
best’ mutton type, namely: Southdown, Shropshire, Hampshire, 
Oxford, Cheviot, Dorset, Suffolk, and Tunis. Wool from this 
class usually falls in the three-eighths blood and one-fourth 
blood classes. (See Blackface, also Down breeds.) 
Ram. A male sheep. 
Scurs. A horney growth taking the place of horns. 
Short wools. A term applied to the fine wools. 
