Dorsets for Crossing a^nd on the R&nge. 



While the down ram on the Dorset ewe gets fine lambs yet the 

 reverse cross is as good, Dorset sire on Down ewe. The lambs of 

 this cross grow very rapidly and fatten very easily and are usually 

 hornless with white or gray faces. A neighbor who used one of our 

 Dorset rams on pure-bred Shropshire ewes lambed in May, sold the 

 lambs before Christmas at 115 pounds average weight, from grass 

 with a trifle of grain at the latter end of their feeding. 



On the range the Dorset is "new yet but wherever tried the 

 lambs, usually from grade Merino ewes, have been more than satis- 

 factory. In Colorado, L. E. Thompson, of Las Animas, reports that 

 his grade Dorset lambs are first to become fat and go to market. 



PRIZE WINNERS AT THE ROYAL. DORSET-SHROPSHIRE CROSS BREDS. 



They are in demand among Colorado lamb feeders, wherever they 

 have become known. The Range Valley Cattle Co., of Woodside, 

 Utah, has this season a lot of grade Dorset lambs, in comparison 

 with lambs from Shropshire and Rambouillet sires. The Dorsets 

 are much the most blocky, smooth and heaviest, the best sellers. 

 There is need, however, of care in taking Dorset rams to the ranges, 

 they ought to be young, they ought to be sent to the "buck herd" 

 at least a month before needed to get accustomed to range life. It 

 would even be better if they were grown on the range. There is 

 no sheep such a rustler as the Dorset and this makes him pre-emi- 

 nently suited to range conditions. The ranche that is marketing 

 feeders or fat lambs can not afford to overlook the Dorset. 



