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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Dec. 2, 1920. 



The results again are fairly consistent. Taking the essential figures as an 

 indication of the merits of the competing strains, the Dorset Horn again 

 asserts its superiorty on the score of body weight over the other two breeds, 

 and among the ewes the Border Leicester x Merino is again to the fore. The 

 averages are : — Rams — South Down, 73 lb. 5 oz. ; Shropshire, 73 lb. 14 oz. ; 

 Dorset Horn, 76 lb. 8 oz. Ewes — Lincoln x Merino, 73 lb. 3 oz. ; Leicester x 

 Merino, 74 lb. 8 oz. ; Border Leicester x Merino, 76 lb. 12 oz. 



The loss of weight in transit i-epresents in this case 8"4 per cent, of the 

 total live weight. It is difficult to account for this, as the distance from 

 Wagga to the saleyards is about 100 miles greater than from Cowra, and the 

 time spent in the trucks would be longer from the former than from the latter. 

 As far as possible the same methods were employed in the weighing, though 

 it cannot be stated whether the time allowed between the removal of the 

 lambs from the pasture and actual weighing was the same. 



Reviewing the values in order as in the previous instances, we find on the 

 average of all ewes the South Down strain gave a monetary return of 18s. 

 9d., the Shropshire 19s. Id., and the Dorset Horn 21s. The figures for the 

 ewes are: — Lincoln x Merino, 19s. 7d. ; Leicester x Merino, 19s. 4d. ; and 

 Border Leicester x Merino, 20s. 4d. 



Bathurst Experiment Farm Averages — 1913-19 (inclusive). 



Cross. 



No. 



Weights. 



At farm. 



At saleyards. 



Average loss 

 in transit. 



Price 

 realised. 



DiLiM 

 DjLoM 

 D1L3M 



D2L1M 

 D2L2M 

 D2L3M 



DfiLxM 

 D5L2M 

 D5L3M 



lb. oz. 



66 11 



67 7 

 69 2 



65 

 67 

 67 



2 



8 

 7 



71 4 



71 12 



72 4 



lb. oz. 

 3 10 



8 

 5 



5 

 6 

 5 



7 

 4 



10 



3 



10 



s. d. 



20 4 



20 8 

 22 3 



18 11 



21 3 



19 10 



20 10 



21 6 

 21 4 



Again the Dorset Horn ram is on top on the score of body weight, though 

 the results here are more uniform, the margins on the whole not being so 

 great. The Leicester x Merino group of ewes disputes pride of place with 

 the Border Leicester x Merino, though the difference only amounts to a few 

 ounces. The relative positions of the rams are as follow : — South Down, 

 73 lb. 10 oz. ; Shropshire, 72 lb. 8 oz. ; Dorset Horn, 77 lb. 10 oz. Ewes- 

 Lincoln X Merino, 72 lb. 14 oz. ; Leicester x Merino, 75 lb. 12 oz. ; and 

 Border Leicester x Merino, 75 lb. 2 oz. 



