APPENDIX 



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KILLING RECORDS 

 Dressing Percentages of First Prize and Champion Car- 

 casses AT THE International Live Stock Exposition, 

 1900-1913 



* No killing tabulations for swine and sheep were available during the years 

 1900 to 1905. inclusive. 



t No tabulation printed, but the percentages range from 73.48 to 87.42 on 22 

 swine carcasses exhibited. — Compiled by Dewitt C. Wing, Breeders' Gazette, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



SHEARING RECORDS 

 Fleece Records of Ewes from Illinois University Flock 



Association 

 Number 



287038 

 351061 

 369856 

 369869 

 341212 

 341219 

 371033 

 371027 

 375445 



No. 

 Seasons 

 Sheared 



3 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 1 



Shropshire 



Average 



Lb. of Wool 



per Year 



7.3 

 7.48 

 9.25 

 6.33 



11.4 

 8.56 



10. 

 9.5 

 7.9 



Association 

 Number 



375446 

 385052 

 385035 

 385036 

 385038 

 385039 

 385040 

 385041 

 385042 



No. Average 

 Seasons Lb. of Wool 

 Sheared per Year 



7. 



5.4 



8.25 



9.75 



7.8 



8.75 



7.8 



7.5 



7.5 



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