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BULLETIN 593, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
A study of types and breeds} — Practice in judging should be ac- 
companied by a study of the types and breeds of sheep which are im- 
portant in the Lnited States. Emphasis should be placed upon type 
and breeds of local importance. There are a great many classifica- 
tions for the breeds of sheep, but the breeds common in America may 
be conveniently grouped on a basis of the kind of wool they produce, 
as follows (figs. 5, 6, and 7) : 
Fig. 4. — Chart for teaching relation of body outline to skeleton parts : 1, upper jaw ; 2, 
lower jaw ; 3, parietal ; 4, frontal ridge ; 5, horn cores ; 6, frontal ; 7. lachrymal ; S, 
malar; 9. temporal: 10, nasal; 11, maxillary; 12, upper molars ; 13, premaxillary ; 14, 
frontal spine ; 15, eye socket ; 16. lower molars ; IT. incisors ; IS— 24^ cervical vertebrae ; 
IS, atlas ; 19, axis ; 25-37, dorsal vertebrae ; 38, sternum ; 39-45, lumbar vertebrae ; 46, 
sacrum; 47-5S, caudal vertebrae; 59, ilium;. 60, ischium; 61, pubis; 62, hip joint; 63, 
scapula ; 64, shoulder joint ; 65, humerus ; 66, ulna ; 67, radius ; 68, elbow joint ; 69-75. 
carpal bones ; 76, metacarpal : 77, sesamoid : 78. pastern : 79, coronary ; SO, coffin 
bones ; 81, sesamoid ; S2, femur ; S3, patella ; 84, tibia ; 85, knee joint ; 86, hock joint ; 
S7— 91, tarsal bones. 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BREEDS OF SHEEP. 
Fine wool : 
American Merino. 
Delaine Merino. 
Rambouillet. 
Medium (or middle) wool: 
Southdown. 
Shropshire. 
Hampshire. 
Oxford. 
Dorset Horn 
Suffolk. 
Cheviot. 
1 Farmers' Bulletin 576, Breeds of Sheep for the Farm, should be used in connection 
with this study. 
