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BULLETIN 593, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Coarse (or long) wool: 
Cots wold. 
Lincoln. 
Leicester. 
Kent, or Romney Marsh. 
The first group sometimes is classed as "wool 1 ' sheep and the other 
two groups as "mutton" sheep. 
Although the students should learn to recognize most of the breeds 
named above, a detailed study, with practice in judging, should be 
made of but one or two of the important breeds in the school district. 
Fig. 7. — A long wool sheep — Cotswold. 
In sections where one class of sheep is raised almost exclusively, com- 
paratively little time should be given the other classes. 
Market classes and grades. — In teaching stock judging, confining 
the study to pure-bred animals may furnish a good foundation for the 
training of a show-ring judge but will not give the training needed 
by many farmers. In the Corn Belt and other territory adjacent 
to large markets, where feeder sheep are purchased and fattened, 
it. is especially important for the farmer to know the classifications and 
demands of the market buyers. If the sheep business of the school 
district is confined largely to the fattening of sheep purchased, in- 
stead of sheep reared on the home farm, then a consideration of 
