18 BULLETIN 313, U. S..DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
show prizes are offered for Corriedale sheep entered in the wool and 
mutton competition. The following rules govern this competition: 
For the purpose of this competition the definition of Corriedale to be as 
follows: ne 
To be the progeny of half-br >rams from half-bred ewes, and the result of 
not less than 15 years of in-bree ag, and showing a decided fixed type of half- 
bred sheep, the original stock to Be the progeny of Merino and long-wool sheep 
of any pure breed. = 
The breeding of the rams to be Stated at time of entry. 
Each exhibitor will be required, to enter three Corriedale ram hoggets; all 
rams to be bred by exhibitor. ~. 
The rams will be taken charge Bf by the committee, shorn and grazed as the 
committee may deem desirable, b&t at the owner’s risk. The rams will again 
be exhibited at the association’s Show the following year; they will be shorn 
by the committee, the fieeces peing carefully weighed and afterwards valued in 
the grease by an expert. e 
The shorn rams will be judged sby fat-sheep judges, who will be asked to fix 
the value of the sheep from a mutton point of view. 
The ram showing the greatest nioney value, carcass and wool taken into con- 
sideration, to be the winner. z 
The following tabulation 6f the results of the 1914 competition 
shows the weights and quality’ of the fleeces and the carcass values: 
Corriedale wool anit mutton competition, 191}. 
| 
: Value | Vatue = Total é is 
Ear | Weight Weight, Total per per | Value of Value value Wool Value | Total 
tag.| of fleece. |_. weight pound,|pound,| fleece. | 1: hos of Sees ei value. 
Pieces. | OF Wee" | dleeco..ispieces: PIECES. | wool : Us 
1D. 025 “WO 39 10224|\ «10-3 102, 
Zee Tol LIE T hs aa de eee, 16 0 | $0. 264 | $0.153 $3.56 | $0.51 | $3.87 | 48S-2.-- $6.60 | $10.47 
Sk A210 4 ek £68 At eal .16 3.41 . 65 4.06 | 50s...... 6. 36 10. 42 
‘Ose 1 Ses ere 14 4 . 26 - 153 2.91 47 3.38 | 48S..2- 6. 96 10. 34 
a yale HS) 92 ro) 212 20 14 . 254 . 153 3. 86 . 99 4.75 | 50s, 56s. . 5.52 10. 27 
Lae tO P24 dl 14° 33 27 _» 154 2.7. - 63 3.36 | 48s, 50s-. 6. 84 10. 20 
ee 1S Ao i750 27 - 154 3.53 . 67 4.20 | 46s...... 6. 00 10. 20 
16e2 A) a 4a 9 16 10 264 . 164 3. 20 73 3295: | DOSe2 222 6. 00 9. 95 
42% 14a Oolosines af =e) 27 . 154 3. 88 4 4387) 46Ss5 2225 5. 52 9. 90 
14... LZ OA 9 15 14 +20 .16 3. 20 57 Setd oUS eee 6. 00 9. 89 
1SS= 12 HO 5 24 17 14 264 . 164 3.35 87 421 | OOS aeeee 5. 64 9. 85 
AG HTS aD -4 16 12 27 164 3.10 87 359 (a o0S ee 5. 82 9.79 
i Hi bees 1b die 3h ie! 16 5=0 PA 16 aya 62 3.89 | 50s good 5. 88 9.77 
nb ee PE CS 4 12 16 4 «2 16 3.10 78 3.86 | 50s, 56s. - 5.7 9. 62 
lie th asa ron. 4 fomsel: 25 153 2.95 50 3.46 | 46s, 50s- 6.12 9.58 
Dis IDA ail acer 15 9 27 16 3.36 50 3285) | OOSi Sass 5. 64 9.50 
9. 127 ot 3. 8 Gy os 274 16 3.49 56 4.05 | 50s, 56s 5.40 9.45 
1022 10% 452) 24= 44 Los 26 16 2. 84 68 Sra) DUS eae 5. 88 9.40 
12. TE 2 ees Le <0 254 16 2. 84 62 3: 465] DOS: Ae ce 5. 04 8.50 
| 
The illustrations give a fair idea of the general appearance of Cor- 
riedale sheep, though not many representatives have the carcass 
development of those shown with their fleeces removed. On the 
average the carcasses have much the same development as is shown by 
lambs from Merino ewes and sired by rams of the long-wool breeds in 
this country. A good many lambs of Corriedale breeding are mar- 
keted around six months of age and shipped with first-cross lambs as 
“Prime Canterbury.” Old or cast Corriedale ewes are commonly 
bred to mutton rams to produce carcasses of higher value, the ewes 
themselves then being fattened and sold. 
