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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



Figure 15S. — Judging mutton sljeep 

 Feeling conditiun at the docl^ 

 Photograph by the author. 



7. Place the right hand on the back, just behind the 

 withers, and the left hand between the legs, on the 

 floor of the chest. One is thus better able to secure 

 an estimate of the depth of body. 



8. Press the hands on the crops 

 and front flanks, to deter- 

 mine thickness of chest. 

 [). Press firmly along the back 

 with one hand, the fingers 

 pointing in the direction of 

 the neck, to determine the 

 covering of flesh. With 

 both hands get the breadth 

 and character of the cover- 

 ing of back and loin. 

 10. Place the fingers of the 

 hands over the hips and 

 note their covering of flesh and distance apart. 



11. After examining the 

 hips, draw the hands on 

 down to the rump, and 

 feel its length, breadth, 

 position, and covering of 

 flesh. With the right 

 hand, grasp the point of 

 rump and note width, 

 position, and covering of 

 the root of the tail. 



12. Grasp the thigh, usually 

 termed leg of mutton, 

 with the hands, the left 

 hand with open thumb taking in one side of the leg, 

 and the right hand and open thumb grasping the other 

 side. Thus by freely moving the hands about the 

 leg, one may determine fullness of hind flank, the 



F'igure 159. — Judging mutton sheep. 

 Feeling the leg of mutton. Photo- 

 graph by the author. 



