FITTING YEARLING WETHERS AND LAMBS FOR EXHIBITION 7 



THE SELECTION OF WETHERS FOR SHOW PURPOSES 



Upon careful selection of the animals to be fitted depends much 

 of the success of showing, for this is the foundation upon which 

 all the work of feeding and fitting depends. Yearling wethers, 

 which this bulletin deals with mainly, are the most difficult to 

 select for the reason that most wethers are marketed as lambs 



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Choose wethers for fitting with straight, broad backs, well muscled and free 

 from any depression, and which will not give way under the judge's hand. 



Therefore, to show yearling wethers, the selection must com- 

 mence with choosing lambs which are kept to give opportunity 

 later to select yearlings suitable for fitting. The highly fitted 

 lamb does not often make a good yearling ; consequently a num- 

 ber of unfitted lambs must be held in reserve for the selection of 

 yearlings later. 



To produce lambs which are most suitable for show purposes 

 choice ewes noted for their good breeding and milking qualities 

 should be selected. These should be coupled with a ram of ex- 

 cellent breed and mutton type, having a straight, wide, thickly 

 fleshed back, full, low-set thighs, and a constitution and pre- 

 potency which enable him to transmit these qualities to his get. 



