The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21

through, aud squarely formed be-
hind and before; shoulders well
set on, neither projecting sharply
above the backbone, nor standing
so wide and fiat as to incur liability
to slip shoulder.
10 Folds and Wrinklcs.-Foldso on the
ram should be larger than on the
eve. Large aud pendulous folds
from the chin or jaws succeeding
each other down The neck to the
brisket, ending with large fold or
'apron," and extending up the
sides of the nccks, but lighter If AT
all extending over top of neck
two or three behind the fore leg or
shoulder; one on front of hind leg,
hanging well down across the
faux; two or more on rear of hind
legs or quarters, extending to-
wards the tail, with one or two on
aud around the tail, giving the AMI
NAL square appearance on the
hind quarters, and straight down
as may be from end of TAI to hook
Joints and hind feet. In addition
to folds, small wrinkles over the
body and belly are desirable, as
forming compactness of fleece, but
should not be large enough to be
apparent on the surface of grown
fleece, or to cause jar in its quail
ty, thus leaving the body of the
fleece even Ia quality, and free
from the jar OF large folds over the
body.
6 Head.-Wide between the cars and
between the eyes and across the
nose; short from top OF head to tip
of nose; face straight, eyes clear
and prominent; ears thick, mcdi-
UNI size, aud, together with the
face, nose, and lips, white, and
covered with soft fur or downy
wool, Ewes should give no ap-
pcarance of horns; while upon
rams tie horns should be clear ia
color, symmetrically curved, with
out tendency to press upon the
sides of the head, or 10 extreme ex-
pansion.
b Neck. Medium length, good bone
and muscular development, and,
especially with the rams, heavier
towards the shoulders, well I
high up, and rising from that point
to the back of the head.
Legs and Feet. Legs medium or
short in length, straight and SET
well apart forward and back, heavy
bone, smooth joints, with large
muscular development of the fore
arm; fhlck, heavy thighs, wide
down to the hook joints, and from
knee joints downwards covered
with short wool, or the soft furry
covering. peculiar to the ears anu
face; hoois well shaped and of clear
color.
10 Covering Tendency to hair and
garc upon any part of the sheep is
to be avoided. Evenness of fleece
in length, quality, density, lustrc,
crimp, trueness, strength, and elias
ITCHY, covering the entire body,
belly and legs TO the knees; head
well covered forward. .squarely TO
n line in front of the eyes; well fiji
led between the eyes and ears OF
horns, and well up on the cheeks ;
muzzle clear, with small opening
up to and around the eyes. Scro-
tum of rams covered with wool free
from tendency TO hair.
Quality. Medium, but such as is
known in our markets as fine de-
lain and fine clothing wool, dis
tinctly better in quality, lustre,
criinp and elasticity than the woods
of same length grown upon the
COMMUNICABLE sheep.
10 Density.-Shown by the compact
ness of the fleece throughout, which
should open free but close, show
ing very little of the skin at any
point, even at the eXtremities of
the fleece.
b Length. one years growth not
less than two and one half inches,
and as near as may be uniform in
length to the extremities of the
fleece.
8 Oil.-Evenly distributed; soft and
flowing freely from skin to surface ;
in quantity.