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sorbin*; the general run of fat handy-weight native, lambs at from 

 Sl I to SIT), w hile the occasional straight load of well-conditioned ewe 



and wether native lambs has commanded premiums of from 25 to 75 



cents per hundredweight over the highest sales of fat and bandy but 

 bucky lambs recorded on the same day's market. (See fig. 1.) 



Buyers assert that the finished load of native ewe and wether 

 lambs, comparatively uniform in weight and quality, is intrinsically 



Fiu. 2. — Cutting off end of scrotum. 



worth the premium such stock commands over loads of bucky stuff or 

 heavy ram lambs. This fact is well substantiated by the avidity with 

 which they search out the first-named kind and by their frequent 

 neglect of the bucky lots, even at the price discounts noted. 



DOCKED AND CASTRATED LAMBS SELL ALSO AS 



FEEDERS. 



In addition to the added value for slaughter of ewe and wether 

 lambs over the bucky kinds, the producer who docks and castrates 

 his lambs has a product that if not in good killing condition invites 



