282 Twenty-seventh Annual Report 



table xl weight of wool by clips and crosses 



Cross 



1st clip 



o <v 



. o 



O i) 





2nd clip 



c a 



Tb 



2 4 4 



H T S N 



2 4 8 8' 



H S T N 



2 4 8 8 



Average . 



20 

 72 

 17 

 26 

 10 

 5 



26 



104 



7 



12 



9 



13 



25 



6.2 



5.11 



4.63 



5.00 



4.76 



5.81 



3.48 



5.99 



4.13 



3.67 



5.36 



5.50 



5.05 



5.34 



12 



72 

 11 

 15 

 10 



6 

 23 

 56 



8 

 12 

 10 



5 



8 





3rd clip 4th clip 5th clip 



o a. 



O <D 



Tt) 



5.91 



7.84 



6.63 



6.59 



6.90 



6.54 



9.58 



6.35 



5.61 



7.29 



7.69 



5.93 



6.59 



12 



65 

 7 

 5 

 8 

 6 



15 



31 

 4 



11 

 8 

 2 

 3 



tt) 



c a 



. c 



o aj 



be 



6.82 



7.87 



7.49 



4.80 



6.20 



6.91 



7.31 



7.77 



6.95 



5.29 



5.49 



5.80 



6.00 



722, 



7 



65 



3 



2 



5 



4 



13 



12 



10 



Tb 



O <D 



O 



o « 





5.75 

 7.87 

 6.00 

 5.12 

 6.53 

 6.25 

 7.86 

 6.23 



6.45 

 7.53 



7 



56 

 1 



1 

 1 

 7 

 1 



5 

 7 



6th clip 







Tb 



6.95 

 7.39 

 7.50 



6.00 

 4.00 

 7.24 

 8.75 



5.70 

 5.50 



4 

 38 



6.89 



6.80 



Avg. 



first 

 3 clips 



Tb 



6.33 



8.40 



Tb 



6.55 



4.50 

 4.55 



6.93 



6.57 



6.80 



5.29 



5.77 



6.14 



6.60 



6.78 



6.25 



5.00 



5.48 



6.33 



5.66 



5.58 



of the inferior sheep were eliminated from the flock so that only the 

 better ones remained. In comparing the average of the first three 

 clips the Shropshire-Native cross averages the heaviest; the Tunis- 

 Native comes second, the pure Shropshire sheep third, the pure Tunis 

 fourth, and the Hampshire-Tunis-Native fifth. The three year average 

 should be fairly reliable, because a large number of sheep were taken 

 into consideration in each case. It is found that where there is a con- 

 siderable proportion of Hampshire blood, the fleece runs light. The 

 Tunis and Shropshire breeds cause a relatively higher weight of clip. 

 In order to get a fair comparison of the various clips of wool, those 

 sheep having six clips were taken separately and the weights of their 

 fleeces averaged. Only four crosses have had six clips including the 

 pure bred Tunis, the Tunis-Native, Hampshire-Native, and Hampshire- 

 Tunis-Native. Table XII gives the average weights in detail. 



