Romney

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 6

Romney

able for those fanners prepared to buy store sheep of this breed for winter fattening,” says the report. “In this trial over half this advantage was lost on the sale of the hogget itself — 85c out of $1.27 — although other farmers have not found buyers discounting the breed.

“The fact that the Drysdales gained more weight over the winter than Romneys indicates that their fattening ability is no poorer than traditional breeds of hoggets used for this market. “Finally it could be said that the trial was an interesting example of farmer co-operation in an attempt to ascertain what the true merits of the Drysdale breed are for the

r Price, Rev. per I kg net head c $ 113.06 4.52 85.85 3.25 winter market, in the absence of any other research work with the breed, and the results indicate a need for much larger scale comparative work in an attempt to confirm the results which these farmers achieved.”