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bringing a total of $73.52, when if sold at the highest quoted price they 

 would have brought $75.52. Notwithstanding the fact that three years 



out of the five there 

 was a pair of twins to 

 be fed, the eight lambs 

 made an average gain 

 per day of .51 pound 

 each. 



A pure-bred Dorset 

 ew r e, No. 7,475 (Tables 

 3 and 4) , produced ten 

 lambs in seven years, 

 of which seven sold as 

 hothouse lambs for 

 $55.02. The total of 

 the highest quotations 

 when these lambs were 

 sold was $55.02, show- 

 ing that they averaged 



FIG. 48. Dorset ewe No. 607 



they were marketed, 

 daily. No. 7,475 was 

 the mother of No. 607 , 

 whose record is given 

 just above. 



ARambouillet ewe, 

 No. 5 (Tables 3 and 

 4) , raised seven lambs 

 out of eight born in 

 seven years. These 

 seven lambs made an 

 average gain of .48 

 pound each per day. 

 They were sold for 

 $42.49 when the quo- 

 tations totaled $49.98. 

 This shows that they 

 were sold somewhat 

 below quotation, a 

 fact that may be partly 



to sell at the highest 

 price quoted when 

 These lambs averaged a gain of .51 pound each 



FIG. 49. Rambouillet ewe No. 5 

 explained by the low gain per 



day. 



A Delaine ewe, No. 318 (Tables 3 and 4), raised seven out of eight lambs 



