BULLETIN" 313, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



show prizes are offered for Corriedale sheep entered in the wool and 

 mutton competition. The following rules govern this competition : 



For the purpose of this competition the definition, of Corriedale to be as 

 follows : 



To be the progeny of half-bred rams from half-bred ewes, and the result of 

 not less than 15 years of in-breeding, and showing a decided fixed type of half- 

 bred sheep, the original stock to be the progeny of Merino and long-wool sheep 

 of any pure breed. 



The breeding of the rams to be stated at time of entry. 



Each exhibitor will be required to enter three Corriedale ram hoggets ; all 

 rams to be bred by exhibitor. 



The rams will be taken charge of by the committee, shorn and grazed as the 

 committee may deem desirable, but at the owner's risk. The rams will again 

 be exhibited at the association's show the following year; they will be shorn 

 by the committee, the fleeces being carefully weighed and afterwards valued in 

 the grease by an expert. 



The shorn rams will be judged by fat-sheep judges, who will be asked to fix 

 the value of the sheep from a mutton point of view. 



The ram showing the greatest money value, carcass and wool taken into con- 

 sideration, to be the winner. 



The following tabulation of the results of the 1914 competition 

 shows the weights and quality of the fleeces and the carcass values : 

 Corriedale wool and mutton competition, 1914- 



Ear 

 tag. 



Weight 

 of fleece. 



Weight 



of 

 pieces. 



Total 

 weight 

 of wool. 



Value 



per 

 pound, 

 fleece. 



Value 



per 

 pound, 

 pieces. 



Value of 

 fleece. 



Value 



of 

 pieces. 



Total 

 value 



of 

 wool. 



Wool 



valuer's 

 remarks. 



Value 

 of mut- 

 ton. 



Total 

 value. 



2.. 



8.. 



6.. 

 15.. 



1.. 



3.. 

 16.. 



4.. 

 14.. 

 18.. 

 17.. 

 11.. 

 13.. 



7.. 



5.. 



9.. 

 10.. 

 12.. 



lb. oz. 

 12 11 



12 10 



11 3 

 15 2 



10 2 



13 1 



12 1 



14 6 

 12 5 

 12 10 



11 8 



12 2 

 11 8 



11 13 



12 7 

 12 11 



10 15 



11 2 



76. oz. 



3 5 



4 1 



3 1 



5 12 



4 1 

 4 5 



4 9 

 3 3 

 3 9 



5 4 

 5 4 



3 14 



4 12 

 3 4 

 3 2 



3 8 



4 4 

 3 14 



lb. oz. 

 16 



16 11 

 14 4 

 20 14 



14 3 



17 6 



16 10 



17 9 



15 14 

 17 14 



16 12 

 16 

 16 4 

 15 1 



15 9 



16 3 

 15 3 

 15 



$0. 264 

 .27" 

 .26 

 .254 

 .27" 

 .27 

 .264 

 .27 

 .26 

 .26| 

 .27 

 .27 

 .27 

 .25 

 .27 

 .274. 

 .26 

 . 254 



so 



15J 



16 



154 



154 



15J 



15| 



164 



15| 



16 



164 



164 



16 



16 



154 



16 



16 



16 



16 



S3. 56 

 3.41 

 2.91 

 3.86 

 2.73 

 3.53 

 3.20 

 3.88 

 3.20 

 3.35 

 3.10 

 3.27 

 3.10 

 2.95 

 3.36 

 3.49 

 2.84 

 2.84 



$0.51 

 .65 

 .47 

 .99 

 .63 

 .67 

 .75 

 .49 

 .57 

 .87 

 .87 

 .62 

 .78 

 .50 

 .50 

 .56 

 .68 

 .62 



$3.87 

 4.06 

 3.38 

 4.75 

 3.36 

 4.20 

 3.95 

 4.38 

 3.77 

 4.21 

 3.97 

 3.89 

 3.86 

 3.46 

 3.85 

 4.05 

 3.52 

 3.46 



48s 



50s 



48s 



50s, 56s.. 

 4Ss,50s.. 



46s 



56s 



46s 



50s 



50s 



50s 



50s good. 

 50s, 56s.. 

 46s, 50s.. 



50s 



50s, 56s. . 



50s 



50s 



$6.60 

 6.36 

 6.96 

 5.52 

 6.84 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 5.52 

 6.00 

 5.64 

 5.82 

 5.88 

 5.76 

 6.12 

 5.64 

 5.40 

 5.88 

 5.04 



$10. 47 

 10.42 

 10.34 

 10.27 

 10.20 

 10.20 

 9.95 

 9.90 

 9.89 

 9.85 

 9.79 

 9.77 

 9.62 

 9.58 

 9.50 

 9.45 

 9.40 

 8.50 



The illustrations give a fair idea of the general appearance of Cor- 

 riedale sheep, though not many representatives have the carcass 

 development of those shown with their fleeces removed. On the 

 average the carcasses have much the same development as is shown by 

 lambs from Merino ewes and sired by rams of the long-wool breeds in 

 this country. A good many lambs of Corriedale breeding are mar- 

 keted around six months of age and shipped with first-cross lambs as 

 " Prime Canterbury." Old or cast Corriedale ewes are commonly 

 bred to mutton rams to produce carcasses of higher value, the ewes 

 themselves then being fattened and sold. 



