Cross-breeding for Wool and Mutton Production 169 



(Fig. 13). The first mating consists of pure-bred long- 

 wooled rams and pure-bred Merino ewes. This cross 



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 American Sheep Breeder. 



produces a type of ewe known as a half-bred. The ewe 

 ofTspring of this first cross mated to a long-wooled ram gives 



