6 TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



160 pounds in breeding- condition and sheared ten and one-half pounds 

 of wool. 



The Shropshire. 



The Shropshire* ram used in this test was purchased for $30 from 

 Mr. A. D. Turner, Denton, Texas. Although this individual was slightly 

 under size, being a late lamb, he was, nevertheless, a good representative 

 of the breed. This sire was active and of splendid mutton conforma- 

 tion, the body being compact and close to the ground. In prime con- 

 dition this ram weighed 140 pounds. He proved to be a light shearer, 

 yielding only six and one-half pounds of wool. 



Figure 1. Rambouillet Lambs After Fattening. 



The Hampshire. 



The Hampshire ram used in this test was given to the Texas Experi- 

 ment Station by the late James McClay,f the former superintendent of' 

 the live stock farm at the Wyoming Experiment Station. This ram 

 represented some of the best Hampshire blood in the United States, and 

 although less than one year of age at the time of delivery to the Texas 

 Station he showed the strong points of a desirable Hampshire sire. 



On account of the Hampshire's lack of development, due to his young 

 age, the fanciers of the Hampshire breed will be inclined to feel that 



*The picture of the Shropshire-Rambouillet cross failed to do justice to the pen. 

 fOne of the writer's former teachers in animal husbandry. 



