The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 32 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. the existing sheep, so as to produce an excellent mutton animal with an improved fleece. A smooth bodied animal was desired, well covered with a good fleece of long stapled fine wool, and having a broad back and deep quarters. The best milliing quality was one of the main objects as well as to get rid of the deeply wrinkled body. This desire led to the formation of The Standard Delaine Spanish-Merino As- sociation, in great part due to the efforts of Mr. S.
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The domestic sheep its The domestic sheep : its culture and general management domesticsheepits01stew Year: 1900 32 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. the existing sheep, so as to produce an excellent mutton animal with an improved fleece. A smooth bodied animal was desired, well covered with a good fleece of long stapled fine wool, and having a broad back and deep quarters. The best milliing quality was one of the main objects as well as to get rid of the deeply wrinkled body. This desire led to the formation of The Standard Delaine Spanish-Merino As- sociation, in great part due to the efforts of Mr. S. M. Cleaver of Washington County, Pa., a locality noted for its fine sheep and intelligent and enterprising flock owmers, for many years past. A scale of points was established in which prominence is given to the fleece, its quantity and quality, length and strength of staple; and equally to the size and form of carcass, the mutton qualities of which are estimated by the deep and rounded quarters, the broad straight back, and the weight of the rams at not less than 150 lbs. and of the ewes not less than 100. These standards are now considerably surpassed, in fact, as the rams weigh 170 to 200 lbs., and the ewes 120 to 150. This sheep matures early and fattens easily. DOM PEDRO. Imported from Prance by M. Desselert, 1801,