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an average per lamb for the first lot, and $6.00 on an aver- 
age for the second. The other lambs were used similarly to 
those kept in preceding years. In the meantime the process 
of eliminating the ewes that were least suitable for retaining 
went on from year to year. 
Progeny of the Southdown Cross.—In the summer of 
1900, several of the Dorset ewes were mated with a South- 
down ram. The object was to get lambs that could be 
shown at the International Fair to be held in Chicago in 
December of the following year. From the progeny thus 
begotten seven lambs were selected to be fitted for the said 
show. Five of these were shown in the class for fat grade 
lambs and open to the world. They won first honors as 
best pen of five, and also for best single grade lamb in the 
exhibit. In the contest for best fat lambs, open to all the 
Agricultural Colleges on the Continent, they won first, 
second and third prizes. Four of the number were then 
slaughtered and shown in the dead meat class with the re- 
sult that they won first and third prizes, competing against 
the world. They also formed part of the exhibit from the 
Minnesota Experiment Station, which won first prize for the 
best exhibit of the show in the dead class. 
The mutton form of the grade lambs of this cross was 
superior to that of lambs from the pure Dorset sires and they 
were also more easily kept in a good condition of flesh. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
The following are the more important of the conclusions 
based upon the results from the above experiment: 
1. That the breeding habit in ewes which usually drop 
lambs in the spring may be so changed that they will pro- 
duce them in the fall and early winter. 
2. That this change can be effected sufficiently for prac- 
tical uses in from two to three generations of judicious cros- 
sing when accompanied by a judicious selection. 
3. That it maybe effected thus quickly by choosing very 
common ewes of mixed breeding, and mating them with pure 
bred Dorset rams, always reserving the earlier. dropped 
lambs for breeding uses. 
4. That in the transforming process, the dams which 
have suckled winter lambs may usually be bred more readily 
