I905-] DISCUSSION. • 83 



Mr. Wing. The Shropshire is a grand good sheep, but 

 they do not lamb quite so early as the other breed. 



Mr. HiNMAN. Are they not a larger sheep? 



Mr. HoYT. Will they not weigh more when you send them 

 to market? 



Mr. Wing. Well, I do not know. Of course, they all 

 vary some, but taking a lot on the average I think the others 

 are better. 



Mr. HoYT. Do you think that they are better than« the 

 Southdown ? 



Mr. Wing. Well, between the Shropshire and the South- 

 down I do. Of course, we know that the most perfect mut- 

 ton form in the world is the Shropshire. 



Mr. Richmond. Can you get any more for it in the market 

 here? 



Mr. Wing. It sells for about the same price as the South- 

 down. The Dorset sells also for about the same price per 

 pound. All classes are on about the same level in the market, 

 except as to the wool. 



Let me tell you just a thing or two here. Of course, I do 

 not know whether there are any sheep breeders here or not. 

 If there are I do not know it. But if you are going into the 

 sheep business do not buy extraordinarily high-priced sheep. 

 Get good sheep, of good average kinds. I have not the time now 

 to tell you all the reasons why, but let me tell you this : They are 

 more subject to parasites than most sheep I know of, and also 

 for the reason that they are slower to mature. You cannot do 

 so well with them where you keep them year after year. 



Secretary Brown. Do you not change your stock? 



Mr. Wing. We do. We get new rams occasionally. The 

 suggestion that brother Harris made is a splendid one, that 

 when you get a new ram, to get just as good a one as you can. 

 If he is not a good one you are not apt to get good, strong 

 breed of stock, so that it is quite important to get a strong, 

 vigorous ram. 



