Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-08
MJt"TCN BREEDS.
The Type of Sheep Meat Raisers Should
Go In For.

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more money in wool:
First.-Iho 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 we'll sprung ribs. 3. A fleece
of even length and quality, covering all
parts of the body.
Second.-The 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 thoin. 4.
The form and carriage of the head. 3.
The length, shape and carriage of the
ears. g.. The length of the fleece and the
character OF the staple.
Third Leading essentials of the
rams of the mutton breeds as to form:
/. Size medium to large for the
breed, and the bone medium to strong,
but not coarse. 2. outllne--Iho body
| should be smooth, compact and strong,
| cylindrical i'll shape and square at the
ends. 3. Head Medium to strong III
size, short rather than long, but vary
ing with the breed and carried proudly.
(a) Nose and muzzlo taporing, but not
too fine. (h) NoStrils wide and expand
ing. (c) Forehead and poll wide. td)
Fy0 large, full, bright II daring. (o)
Ear medium in size and thickness for
the breed; broad rather than long; erect
rather than drooning and Possessed Of
lively play. i. Neck short rather than
long, moi coarse and carrying the head
we'll erect. (a) IL should not ho coarse
at the junction with the head and should
be- free from throatiness. o. 1t should
be round rather than fiat and should i'll
crease i'll width laterally and under
meath as it tecedes from the head. (c) Ii
should fit into the withers evenly above
aud into the shoulders evenly and strong
~ at the sides and underneath, the
blending being imperceptiole. .. Body
long, wide, deep, round and equally
well balanced before and behind. (a)
Back level, wide and we'll fieshed 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. (c) Underline
straight. (d) Breast broad, deep, full.
massive. (e) Brisket broad and well
rounded. () Shoulder large, plump and
smooth, wide above, rounded out from
above, forward and below to the center;
we'll filled before and behind and we'll
covered. Cd Fore arm strong and we'll
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: Girth good around the heart and about
equally good at the hind flank. I'd Cou.
; pling short rather han long. (k) Ribs
well sprung from the backbone, nicely
arched and deep, not distant from ont
: another, and coming well forward ano
! backward. ~ Hind quarters long, broac
and deep, rounded out from above anc
. behind toward the center Of the hip anl
broad at the bullock. (m) Twist wei!
filled. I'M Hind flank well filled out.
wardly, low and thick. co. Thigh brcat
and we'll filled within and without. @
. Tail set On smoothly and on a line witt
the back. (u) Skin a rich pink in colo
!, . and possessed of good handling quail
: les. g.. Wool-The whole body snoulC
' be well covered with wool characters
tic of the breed. (a) 1t should be Of uni
\ form length and texture and 90 possess
= ed Of all the qualities essential in fir
y class wool. Z. Legs short, straigA
. and strong, wide apart and yet well nn
Ger the body and standing firmly o.
= noois Of good shape aud quality. S. Ap
L.nrancc-1he appearance should b
! animated and tho carriage easy, prom,
= and graceful.
Fourth.-Tho ewes of the mNrto,
breeds possess the same leading essen
G tials as to form as the rams with til
following points OF difference: l. The
I are not SO large in frame, are finer i
bOue and arc more rOOmy Ill tn" cOu
:, DliNg. 2. The head is smaller and tine
a and is carried less proudly. 3. IIoncc
# is longer and finer, more Gapeci" -iy Wher
n it joins the head. 1. The twist is nC
v quito SO we'll filled. ). The wool is fine
in the fiber, at least i'll some instances.
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