SHEEP BREEDING AND FEEDING. 9 



Half-blood Karakule-Lincoln. 



The half-blood Karakule-Lincoln ram was purchased from Mr. Alex 

 Albright for $35. At his best this ram weighed 185 pounds. He 

 sheared twelve pounds of wool after his first season at Spur. At the 

 time of the inception of the test herein reported, this ram was two 

 years old. He was a hardy, active individual, of good mutton con- 

 formation. 



The Ewes. 



The Eambouillet ewes used in this test were purchased from the 

 firm of Graham & McCorquodale of "Woodson, Throckmorton County, 

 Texas, at a cost of $5.00 per head delivered at the railroad at Albany. 



Figure 5. The Karakule-Rambouillet Lambs After Fattening. 



These ewes were large-bodied individuals of uniform type and breeding. 

 Although they were unregistered, Mr. John McCorquodale claimed that 

 the entire flock was eligible to registry. These ewes ranged between 

 the ages of three and five years. They were selected from a flock 

 numbering above 800 head, and accordingly displayed a remarkable 

 degree of uniformity and type. 



THE EXPERIMENT. 



One hundred and forty-eight good Eambouillet range ewes, of uni- 

 form type and breeding, were divided into six lots and bred to regis- 

 tered rams of the different mutton breeds as follows: 



Lot 1, Eambouillet; Lot 2, Shropshire; Lot 3, Hampshire; Lot 4, 



