Sheep

[AS.] A most useful ruminant animal, bearing wool, and valued for its flesh. The as that of the coarse-wool sheep. The merino sheep is a native of Spain, and valued for its wool. It is now much bred in Saxony, Silesia, Bohemia, and Australia, while in the United States the sheep are 95 per cent, merinos. The merino differs from the English sheep in having wool on the forehead and cheeks. It is a large sized horns. The aoudad is an African sheep, having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. The argali and moufflon are wild sheep in Siberia and Sardinia respectively. The musmon is a wild species in European Turkey. The most common mode of cutting up a sheep is—(1) shoulder, (2) breast, (3) loin (best end), (4) best end neck, (5) scrag end neck, (6) head, (7) loin (chump end), (8) leg.