Bee. 2, 1920.] 



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The loss of weight in transit amounts to 7*6 per cent., so that we are just 

 as far as ever from arriving at conclusions on this point. Apparently this 

 is governed by circumstances, and, beyond recording the particulars, we 

 refrain from making definite assertions as to what appears to be an anomaly. 



The monetary return for the different breeds of rams is as follows : — South 

 Down, 21s. 7d. ; Shropshire, 19s. lid.; Dorset Horn, 21s. 3d. For the 

 different ewes the figures are : — Lincoln x Merino, 20s. ; Leicester x Merino, 

 21s. 2d. ; and Border Leicester x Merino, 23s. 6d. This is the only case in 

 which the Dorset Horn has been ousted from first place, but it might be 

 noted that the Border Leicester x Merino ewe affirms its position, showing an 

 advantage practically of 3s. 6d. over the Lincoln x Merino, and 2s. 4d. over 

 the Leicester x Merino. 



Final and Combined Return. 



The trials were inaugurated with the object in the first place to see which 

 breed or combination of breeds gave the best monetary return, and then, 

 further, to observe whether any wide divergence between the strains occurred 

 in the different districts in which the investigations were conducted. 



As in the case of the longwools, only fair average specimens of each of the 

 competing strains of the shortwool breeds were employed. As near as 

 ordinary sight would permit, a uniform standard of breed was selected at 

 each farm. The results may, therefore, be considered thoroughly reliable, 

 and a true exposition of the capabilities of the breeds named, so far as the 

 purposes for which they have been tried and the districts are concerned. It 

 is with the object of showing the results from the different districts that 

 the records from the three farms have been tabulated separately. 



Table IIL- 



-Combined Averages of body weights, loss of weight 

 in transit, and prices realised. 



It is at once evident from these figures that the Dorset Horn on the 

 Border Leicester x Merino ewe gives a lamb that furnishes the best monetary 

 return, and among the other groups the Border Leicester x Merino ewe 



