Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1895-01-10
MUTTON BREEDS.
The Type OF Sheep Meat Raisers Should
Go In For.


Go In For.
Professor Thomas Shaw of the Min.
nesota agricultural experiment station
thus outlines in The Breeders Gazette
the kind of sheep that breeders should
aim to produce now that there is no
more money in wool:
First. The mutton breeds all possess
the same leading essentials as to FORM
These include: /. Width, depth and
length of body and compactness of
frame. 2. The cylindrical Shape which
is the outcome of plump shoulders and
hips and well sprung ribs. 3. A fleece
Of even length and quality, covering all
parts of the body.
Second. minor points of differ
ence include: /. Variations in size of
carcass and bone. 2. Variations in the
length of the leg of the coupling of the
body. 3. The color Of the head and legs
and the amount Of covering ON them. 4.
The form and carriage of the head. 5.
The length, shape and carriage of the
ears. 6. The length of the fleece and the
character of the staple.
Third. essentials of the
rams of the mutton breeds as to form:
l. Size medium to large for the
breed, and the bone medium to strong,
but not coarse. 2. Outline-The body
should be smooth, compact and strong,
cylindrical in shape and square at the
ends. 3. Head medium to strong in
size, short rather than long, but vary
ing with the breed and carried proudly
(a) Nose and muzzle tapering, but not
too fine. (b) Nostrils wide and expand.
ing. (c) Forehead and poll wide. (d)
Eye large, full, bright and daring. lei
Ear medium in size and thickness fol
the breed; broad rather than long; erect
rather than dropping and possessed Of
lively play. 4. Neck short rather than
long, not coarse and carrying the head
we'll erect. <a) It should not be coarse
at the junction with the head and should
be free from throatiness. CD 1t should
be round rather than fiat and should in.
crease in width laterally and under
meath as it recedes from the head. Co It
should fit into the withers evenly above
and into the shoulders evenly and strong.
ly at the sides and underneath, the
blending being imperceptible 8. Body
long, wide, deep, round and equally
we'll balanced before and behind. (a)
Back level, wide and we'll fleshed and
slightly rounded outward, with the
spinal column hidden and even depress-
ed from the loin to the tail head. (b)
Loin broad and full. Co Underline
straight. Cay Breast broad, deep, full,
massive. (e) Brisket broad and well
rounded. (f) Shoulder large, plump and
smooth, wide above, rounded out from
above, forward and below to the center;
well filled before and behind and well
covered. (g) Fore arm strong and well
developed. (h) Crops we'll filled. IN
Girth good around the heart and about
equally good at the hind flank. Cd Cou-
pling short rather than long. (k) Ribs
well sprung from the backbone, nicely
arched and deep, not distant from one
another, and coming we'll forward and
backward. Cd Hind quarters long, broad
and deep, rounded out from above and
behind toward the center of the hip and
broad at the bullock. (m) Twist we'll
filled. (n) Hind flank we'll filled out
wardly, low and thick. (o) Thigh broad
and well filled within and without. (p)
Tail set on smoothly and OH a line with
the back. cd Skin rich pink in color
and possessed Of good handling quail
les. 6. Wool-The whole body should
be well covered with wool characteris-
tic of the breed. (a) 1t should be of uni
form length and texture and (b) possess
ed of all the qualities essential in first
class wool. 7. Legs short, straight
and strong, wide apart and yet we'll I'M
der the body and standing firmly on
hoofs of good shape and quality. s. Ap-
pearance-The appearance should be
animated and the carriage easy, proud
and graceful.
Fourth. The ewes of the mutton
breeds possess the same leading essen
tials as to form as the rams with the
following points of differences: 1. They
are not SO large in frame, are finer in
bone and are more roomy in the cou
pling. 2. The head is smaller and finer
and is carried less proudly. 8. The neck
is longer and finer, more especially where
it joins the head. A. The twist is not
quite so we'll filled. 5. The wool is finer
in the fiber, at least in some instances.
Live Stock Points.
A pig is a pig till it is year old.
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