of the Vienna Exhibition, lS7'd. 51 



"Our Januarv lambs are led after weaniiiir, with pressling'fsujrar 

 •beet-pulp) and a small quantity of oats, rape-take, and hay. The 

 wether lambs, which are kept separate, receive more rape-cake, 

 to bring them more quickly forward. They are put on green 

 food at the end of May, later upon mown clover, then on man- 

 gold, and by January of the next year they are fat. These lambs 

 reach from 139 to 148 pounds per head live weight at from 12 

 to 14 months old, and find willing buyers — taken at the stall 

 - — at high prices. We sold the whole of our wether lambs in 1S72, 

 when shorn, at ohd- ppi' lb. live weight, without anv deduction. 



" This satisfactory result, on the one hand, and the former 

 experiments made by renowned breeders upon three-quarter 

 blood Cotswold crosses, made it obvious that our best plan 

 was to proceed by breeding our half-blood Merinos iyiter se. 

 These animals satisfied us equally with the others, and we could 

 find no difference Ijetween the ' two-fourth ' blood aniinals and 

 the direct half-blood as regarded their feeding qualities. 



" A few three-quarter blood animals, bred for our observation, 

 proved the results of former trials, and thus we determined to 

 'keep to half-breds, and, especially for sugar manufactories in 

 Austro-Hungary, we cannot recommend them too highly. 



" Our Cotswold-Merino flock numbers at present 340 head. 



" With a view to the production of the heaviest possible 

 animals, with large frames and good constitutions, we constituted 

 a second flock. 



" The ewes were partly large native sheep ( Ovis aries) from 

 the Carpathians, and partly large superior Merinos. As sires we 

 used rams of any blood of extraordinary size and undoul)ted con- 

 stitution. The first produce of these alliances we paired with 

 imported Cotswold rams, and bred the result in-and-in without 

 . mixing any other blood. Thus resulted the present Keltschan 

 Hock exhibited at the Vienna Show for the first time. They are 

 characterised by their robust health, weight, quick maturity, 

 great fattening prf)pensities, and they leave a good remuneration 

 in the hands of the feeder. 



" The weight of the 12— 14-months-old wethers averages 173 

 English lbs. live weight. An 18-months-old ram weighed '22>>^ 

 English lbs., and a ewe, 160i^ English lbs. The flock numbers 

 at present 500 head. 



" The local circumstances of a third farm-yard allowed us to 

 constitute a flesh-sheep* of middle weight with advantage. To 

 obtain this we again had recourse to the principle of crossing. 



* ' Fleisch-shafe,' or flesh-sheep, is a term commonly" applied in Germany to 

 breeds -which are more adapted to the production of flesh tlian of wool. It arises 

 from the iact that the Merino sheep is bred and kept almost entirely for its wnr 1, 

 Jience our heavy fattening sheep are spoken of as flesh-sheep, in Lontradistinttiin 

 to wool-sheep. 



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