704 



Agricultural, Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Nov. 2, 1920. 



Similarly, comparing the ewes of the three 'different crosses which \\ i re 

 mated with the three different breeds of rams we find that the Border 

 Leicester cross heads the list, with the Lincoln second, and the Leicestei- in 

 the thii'd position. The percentages of ewes assisted indicate that the Dorset 

 Horn crossbred lambs are most difficult of parturition, and the Shropshire 

 lambs next, while the deaths were most numerous where South Down i-anis 

 had been used and least so where Shropshire rams. 



We may now look at the records tabulated in these connections for the 

 Cowra Farm. 



Cowra Experiment Farm Averages, lyi-'J bo 1919 (inclusive). 



Breed of 

 Lambs. 



Percent- 

 aye of 

 Bams 

 used. 



No. of 



Ewe< 



Mated. 



Percent- 

 afje of 

 Lambs. 



Ewes 

 Assisted. 



Deaths of Ewes at Lambing: Time. 



Before. 



At. 



After. 



DiL,M 

 DjLoM 

 DjLsM 



D2L1M 



D2L3M 



D=,L,M 

 D3L..M 



M 



2 or 1 % I 4 or 2 % 1 or -5 % 



1 or -5 % 



/o 



2 or 1-8% 

 2orr-6°/ 



1 or '5 ,, 



1 or -5 % 

 4 or 2 ,, 

 .3 or 2 ., 



2 or 1-8,, 



3 or 1-5 ,, 

 5 or 3-5 ,, 



] or -4 % 



lor •5%J3orl-5% 

 1 or '6 ,, 1 or "6 ., 



1 or -9 ,, 



2 or 1 ,, 

 2 or 1-6,, 



1 or -7 % 



The results again show little disparity as to the rams. The Shropshire tins 

 time heads the list with the best lambing, and the Dorset Horn comes second 



Tracing the breeding propensities of the ewes, we again find the Border 

 Leicester cross -at the head of the list with a substantial advantage in the 

 percentage of lambs marked. 



The number of ewes assisted at this farm was practically' negligible, l)iit 

 the figui-es reveal a greater mortality at lambing time, and here the Dor.>-.et 

 Horn is seen to disadvantage. 



Bathurst Experiment Farm Avei^ages, 1913 to 1919 (inclusive). 



IJreed of 

 Lambs. 



D,L,M 

 D,LoM 



DoL,M 

 DjLgM 



Per- 

 cent.ai;e 

 of Rams 



used. 



Number 

 of Ewes 

 Mated. 



Per- 



eenta;;X' 



of Lambs. 



84 

 92 

 92 



90 

 76 

 70 



87 

 93 

 81 



Ewes 

 Assisted. 



1 or 1% 



4 or 4"4 ,, 



5 or 5 ,, 



4 or 4,, 



3 or 3,, 



4 or 4,, 



7 or 7% 

 9 or 9-4,, 

 14 or 13!),, 



Deaths of Ewes at Lambiri"- Tiiiu-. 



Hcfore. 



'J or 



•>°, 



% 



3 or 3 „ 

 2or2„ 

 1 or 1 ,, 



4 or 4 ., 

 3 or 3,, 



6 or 5*7,, 



At. 



1 or 1% 



1 or 1% 



2 or 2% 



After. 



1 or 1% 



1 or 1% 

 1 or 1 ,, 



