78 SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
It will be observed that, of the 27 ewes in the experiment 
but 12 were of the first cross, 11 of the second and but 3 of 
the third. The number of the third cross ewes would have 
been greater, but for the fact, that several of them kept over 
were devoted to other lines of breeding. In fact, the entire 
experiment was in a sense a side issue, as some of the animals 
of these respective crosses, not in the experiment proper, 
were from time to time used in other lines of experimenting. 
But those retained for the experiment were fairly repre- 
sentative. 
Lambs Born in Certain Months.—Table II gives the 
dates at which lambs were born in certain months from 
ewes of the respective crosses. 
TABLE II.—Months in which Lambs were Born. 







LAMBING. , LAMBING. LAMBING. LAMBING. LAMBING. 
Winter ’96-’97| Winter ’97-’98 Winter ’Y8-’99 Winter ’99-’00| Winter ’00-'01 
GROSS) == = 
| 
Month} No. |Month| No. |Month| No. |Month] No. |Month! No. 
a = | ite es 
Nov. 1 Oct. 1 Oct. 1 Sept. al Oct. 1 
jy | Jan. 2 Jan. 3 Dec 2 Oct. af Dec. il 
Use \) || 
| | Feb. [es Reb: 4 Jan. 2 Jan. 4 Feb. 2 
| Mar. 1 Wee: i! Feb. 2) jane 2 
Oct al! Dec 2 Oct: 2 Oct 2 
| 
| 
Dec 2 | jan 6 Dye; ||, al Jan al 
2d | Jan 5 Jan. | 4 Dec 1 
| | Feb all | Mar 1 
Oct 1 Sept.| 1 Jan. 2 
| 
3rd Jan. 3 Jan. aL 
Feb. 1 











The advance in the average period of earliness at which 
the lambs were dropped by the ewes of the second and third 
crosses, is not what should be looked for, but it is partly ex- 
plained by the fact, that none of the ewes of any cross would 
mate for some time subsequently to the period when grazing 
began. This explains why scarcely anylambs were dropped 
during the month of November. More October lambs could 
have been obtained, had they been desired, from ewes of the 
