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Show ESSENTIALS FOR IDEAL RAM Among Other Important Features He Must Possess Bold, Strong and Masculine Face. Hy It. O. WKATHEUSTONK.) There are many essentials for an Ideal ram. First, of course, Is that he must be a good sire. A breeder, If you will. Granted this condition, there are many other important features. He must poseeBg character, as indicated by bold carriage, strong front and a "slrey" look. His face should be bold, strong and masculine. These characteristics are to be taken as Indicative of ability to produce these characteristics lit bis offspring However, these characteristics must be good ones; for a sire that possesses Young Shropshire Ram. masculinity and character, strong ability to produce his characteristics, must have good ones to produce, or bis Influence Is bad. A masculine ram of bad conformation conforma-tion la worse than one lacking in mas. cullnlty, of the same quality otherwise; other-wise; because he Is more apt to reproduce repro-duce his faulty qualities. Granted, that we desire the good qualities, what are they? We must have a broad mur.iele and nose, giving plenty of breathing room and lots of room for the mill, the teeth. The neck should be short, strong and muscular. The chest should be deep, broad and capacious, giving to the vital organs plenty of room. The back should be broad, muscular and strong a bridge as It were, to carry all the middle of the body. The loins should be brond and deep. Tbe most valuable meat is produced here. The rump should be long and wide at the tall. Supporting all this should be good, strong legs, able to carry the body, and pasterns and toes that are strong. Tho legs should be as short as possible. |