MAINTENANCE OF BREEDING EWES OF MUTTON AND WOOL SHEEP 1 1 



Table 2 shows the expense of pasturing Shropshire and 

 Delaine-Merino ewes 10 . 



Table 3. The Average Annual Cost of Maintenance Per Ewe 



1. Interest on value of ewe @ 6 per cent Shropshires valued @ $8 and Delaine-Merinos @ $6. 



2. Shropshirea estimated as serviceable four seasons, Delaine-Merinos five seasons. Market price 



Shropshires $5 per cwt., and Delaine-Merinos $4.50 per cwt. 



3. During the experiment two ewes died in each of Lots I, II and III. 



The mating season began the middle of September for both 

 crops of lambs. The greater cost of maintenance for Shropshires 

 was 12.2 per cent more than for Delaine-Merinos. 



Table 4.- The Value of Mutton and Wool 



1. Table XI, Annual Report, Penna. State College, 1911-12, p. 169; Table IX, Annual Report, 



Penna. State College, 1913-14, p. 93, and experiment records. 



2. Lambs weaned July 12, 1912, and July 18, 1913. 



3. Pittsburgh market quotations $7.75 per cwt. Lots I and II, and $7 per cwt. Lots III and IV. 



4. Annual Reports, Penna. State College, 1911-12 and 1913-14. 



10 Details reported in Annual Eeport, Penna. State College, Years 1911-12, 

 1913-14. 



