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heaviest of the other crosses at seventeen weeks, which speaks volumes 

 in favour of this cross in respect to their early-maturing and rapid- 

 growing qualities. 



The wool on the lambs is undoubtedly scanty on the belly, face, and 

 points, but the extra bulk of carcass presents surface for wool produc- 

 tion, and the comparative weights of the lamb fleece can be noticed in 

 Table No. 3. 



Marketing of the Wether Lambs. 



At approximately seventeen weeks the wether lambs of each of these 

 crosses were weaned, drafted from the ewe lambs, and sold at the 

 Newmarket sale yards in separate and presentable lots to create genuine 

 and comparative competition among the buyers for slaughtering as 

 butchers' supplies or freezing for export. 



These wether lambs were sold in the wool, and their comparative 

 values realized at Newmarket were published in the daily papers for 

 the past three years. Table No. 2 shows the comparative results to 

 date. 



Table II. 



Lamb Breeding Trials. 



Return re. Wether Lambs ex First-cross Lincoln-Merino Ewes at 

 Maximum Age of Seventeen Weeks. 



Season 1913 Results. 



Lincoln . . 

 Border Leicester 

 Dorset Horn 

 English Leicester 

 Shropshire 

 Southdown 



Average . 



20 

 20 

 20 

 23 

 21 



!bs. 

 69-36 

 68' 6 

 74-2 

 66*5 

 67-6 

 .58' 66 



lbs. 

 42-0 

 44*0 

 53*5 

 42*5 

 55* 5 

 42*0 



46-6 



lbs. 

 29*0 

 28-0 

 31' 5 

 25* 5 

 28' 5 

 26*0 



28' 1 



lbs. 

 9*95 

 8*35 

 9-1 

 8-55 

 8-73 

 7-61 



lbs. 

 23-91 

 23-45 

 24-95 

 22-5 

 22-77 

 19-04 



8-711 22-77 



34-5 

 34-2 

 33-6 

 33-8 

 33-7 

 32-4 



.33- 7 



Season 1914 Results. 



Border Leicester 

 Dorset Horn 

 English Leicester 

 Lincoln 

 Southdown 

 Shropshire 



Average 



16 2 

 14 11 

 14 1 

 14 



14 

 13 1(J 



14 6 



85- SO 



85- 40 



77-0 



80-0 



71-40 



71-50 



78-68 



58 

 51 

 45 

 50 

 44 

 41 



9-20 

 8-80 

 10-2 

 11-40 

 10-6 

 10-33 



10-08 



Suffolk .. 

 Border Leicester 

 Shropshire 

 Lincoln 

 Southdown 

 Dorset Horn 



Average . 



Season 1915 Results. 



60 

 59 

 56 



39 

 38 

 36 

 30 

 31 

 34 



33-5 



35-0 



34-0 



32- 25 



31-5 



33-5 



33-29 



37 --0 



37-5 

 38-6 

 .39-9 

 39-3 

 39-8 



