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RAISING EARLY LAMBS. 
This closed the experiment. The total records for the 
three years will be considered first with reference to the two 
breeds, the Shropshire and the Horned Dorset. Then it 
will be treated as a whole with reference to the financial 
side of the question. 
Shropshires. 
Year. 
No. of Lambs 
Sold. 
Age in Days at 
Date of Sale. 
Live Weight. 
Dressed Weight. 
Selling Price 
Per Head. 
1 
Total Selliug 
Price. 
1896 
23 
80 
47 
22 
$3.30 
$75.90 
1897 
21 
71 
54 
27 
4.05 
87.05 
1898 
17 
102 
61 
3.60 
61.20 
Total 
61 
84 
54 
26. 
$3.64 
$224.15 
Horned : 
Dorsets. 
Year. 
No. of Lambs 
Sold. 
Age in Days at 
Date of Sale. 
■ij 
> 
Dressed Weight. 
Selling Price 
Per Head. 
Total Selling 
Price. 
1896 
24 
69 
49 
22 
$3.30 
$ 80.55 
1897 
27 
80 
56 
26 
3.90 
105.30 
1898 
23 
109 
59 
3.40 
78.20 
Total 
74 
86 
55 
25 
$3.57 
$264.05 
The financial results are in favor of the Horned Dor- 
sets. The first year they grew the faster, but in both the 
other years the Shropshires made the most weight and sold 
for the most per head. But the Dorsets produced so many 
more lambs as to more than overbalance their slower growth. 
On the whole the Dorsets brought in $40 more than the 
