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as both had representative pens that made .76 

 pound per head daily. Their record begins again 

 in 1889, when the best pen of Hampshire lambs 

 made an average daily gain of .67 pound, averaging 

 187 pounds Hve weight at an average age of 277 

 days. In 1891 the best gain made by Hampshires 

 in the lamb class was .70 by a pen averaging 220 

 pounds at an average age of 314 days. In 1892 

 the best gain among the Hampshire lambs was .73 

 pound, made by a pen averaging 220 pounds at an 

 average age of 314 days. These lambs in the 

 slaughter test returned a percentage of 57.73 of carcass 

 to live weight. In 1894 the best gain in the Hamp- 

 shire lamb classes was .71 pound, made by a pen 

 averaging 218 pounds at an average age of 307 days. 

 The lambs in the slaughter test yielded a percentage 

 of 64.68. In the yearling class, the greatest daily 

 gain was .42, made by two pens, each averaging 660 

 days old and weighing an average of 280 pounds and 

 282 pounds. One of these pens dressed 65.84 in the 

 slaughter test. This year the highest rate of gain was 

 .82 pound per head daily, they averaging 246 pounds 

 at an average age of 300 days. While the Hamp- 

 shires have made a good record, yet at the later 

 shows they have not been able to maintain their 

 previous position, as the long-wooled breeds, espe- 

 cially the Cotswold, have been surpassing them in this 

 single feature of rate of gain. In rate of daily 

 increase, it is likely that the Hampshires surpass the 



