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Cross-Breeding for Mutton. 



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The Wensleydale giving a growing rather than a fattening 

 tendency in the very early stages, the lambs had to be kept 

 longer before they were fat, and were in consequence heavier 

 weights for the money. The Border-Leicester-cross lambs had 

 too much Leicester in them, the dams themselves being half 

 Leicester, 



2. A Border-Leicester ram was put to seven Cheviot — Border- 

 Leicester ewes, seven Black-face — Border- Leicester ewes, and 



Scotch Black-face— Wensleydale Cross Ewes {''Wensleydale Grey- faced Ewes "). 



seven Black-face — Wensleydale ewes ; a Wensleydale ram was 

 put to a similar lot of ewes of each of these three crosses. As 

 before, the lambs were sold, if fat, at 63 lb. live weight up to 

 the end of May, and 70 lb. in later months. 



No of Average age 

 lambs, when sold. ^ 



Border- 

 Leicester ram 



Wensleydale 

 ram 



7 Cheviot— Border- Leicester ewes 14 



7 Black-face — Border Leicester 13 



7 Black face — Wensleydale ,, 12 



7 Cheviot — Border- Leicester 12 



7 Black-face — Border- Leicester ,, 11 



7 Black-face — Wensleydale ,, 11 



12 weeks 

 13 



15 ,^ 



70 lb. 

 70 „ 



82 „ 



83 „ 

 86 „ 

 90 



Here it will be noticed that for fat lambs the Border-Leicester 



