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quality and weight. Delaine ewes mate to special advantage with 

 mutton rams as has been well demonstrated in common practice. 

 The Delaine as a feeder ranks at the head of the Merino 

 group, though it is not equal to the mutton breeds. The lambs 

 at twelve months, when not forced, weigh about eighty pounds. 



Fig. 230. A Delaine Merino ewe of superior character, exhibited by C. H. Bell of 

 Ohio. From photograph, by courtesy of the A'ational Stockman and Farmer 



The adaptability of the Delaine is not equal to that of the 

 A type, for it lacks the rustling quality to some extent, yet the 

 difference is not important. Delaines will do well among the hills 

 and rougher lands and will thrive where mutton breeds would 

 not do so well. They came into their own among the uplands 

 of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and are still produced 

 in large numbers on these same grassy hillsides. On the range 

 lands of the West they are valued for their adaptability to feed 

 and climate as well as for their flocking habit, which makes the 

 care of them comparatively easy. 



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