14 THE SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY 



per Ib. on greasy wool going into their country, consequently they 

 only purchase the lightest and highest-yielding wools, as they do 

 not want to pay that duty on grease and dirt. 



If a finer or coarser type of wool than the quality I have 

 mentioned is required, you could obtain the fine quality Comeback 

 by using the Merino ram again. For the coarser quality wool you 

 would, of course, use the Lincoln ram. The best cross for the 

 average farmer, who looks upon his sheep more as a mutton- 

 producer than a wool-grower, would be the progeny of the 

 Lincoln ram and the Merino ewe. I do not think it advisable for 

 him to go to all the trouble to obtain the fine Cross-bred type 

 because his flock is so small and it changes hands so often. A 

 Leicester ram could be used in the place of the Lincoln, and 

 it would produce a finer and a lighter conditioned wool, which 

 would bring a higher price per Ib. than that of the Lincoln 

 cross, but what the Leicester cross would gain in the price per 

 Ib. would not compensate for the extra weight of the Lincoln 

 cross fleece and the larger-framed progeny. The Leicester cross 

 has a small head, and it is advisable to use this type of sire on 

 small-framed ewes, as at lambing time the head of the Lincoln 

 progeny being so large is apt to cause small-framed ewes a lot 

 of trouble and loss, as a large number of the lambs are choked 

 during lambing. 



