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Table III .—Correlations between the body measurements of sheep —Continued 
HEAD WIDTH RELATIVE TO LOIN WIDTH AT 280 DAYS 
SUMMARY OF DATA ON CORRELATIONS BETWEEN BODY MEASUREMENTS 
Age. 
Dimension. 
Mean. 
Stand- 
1 ard de¬ 
Coeffi¬ 
cient of 
varia¬ 
bility. 
Coefficient of correlation. 
viation. 
Days. 
Trunk length... 
14 
$16. 29 
23. 72 
O. 075 
Head length—foreleg 
0. 443 ±0. 068 
280 
.do. 
length. 
5 2 3*75 
28. 91 
•°55 
.do.. 
• 693 ± .063 
14 
Head length.... 
112.34 
7 * 44 
. 066 
Head length—trunk 
• 554 ± .059 
280 
length. 
176. 50 
12. 51 
. 071 
.... T do.. 
•537± -076 
14 
Foreleg length.. 
262. 58 
18* 55 
. 071 
Foreleg length—trunk 
• 4981b . 064 
280 
3 ^ 4 - 50 
length. 
19. 23 
.050 
.. .do . 
• 7oo± . 054 
14 
Hindleg length. 
297.10 
23. 29 
. 078 
Hindleg length—trunk 
• 557 i .074 
280 
length. 
441. 50 
25.06 
•°57 
.do... 
. 474± • 066 
14 
Chest depth.... 
140.16 
12. 08 
. 087 
Chest depth—trunk 
. $26± . 062 
280 
length. 
259 * 63 
* 4 - 97 
.058 
.do... 
• 544 i .075 
14 
Height shoul¬ 
der. 
3^6.13 
26. 16 
.0 66 
Height—trunk length. , 
.564^: -058 
280 
.do. 
573 - 25 
28.54 
.050 
.do 
.6091b .067 
14 
Head width.... 
78. 065 
4-947 
.063 
Head width—chest 
. 477 ± .066 
width. 
280 
113* 375 
6. 920 
. 061 
.do.. 
.630^ .064 
14 
Chest width.... 
101. 855 
7.418 
. 072 
0 
Loin width—chest 
. 699± .044 
width. 
280 
170. 000 
69.348 
15-49 
6. 380 
. 091 
. 092 
.do. 
.620± .066 
• 363 d: .074 
14 
Loin width . 
Head width—loin 
width. 
280 
119.125 
8-795 
.074 
.do. 
. 580 ± . 071 
