SHEEP CROSSES.
A LESSON IN PICTURES. . The January '/Gazette" of the New South Wales Agricultural Department (pneo 6d.) contains, from .the pen of It; W.>:Peacock, of tho Bathurst Experimental Farm, a brief artiole on the average wool yield of various crosses at the farm,, accompanied by a splendid series of, photographs of. typical crosses and their sires, taken in their flock condition. The 'following list of average clips from tho differont crosses is given, with a I note ; that lib; should be deducted from each i on.account'of the great amouut of road dust that got into .tho wool: — •" • I ■ . 12 months' wool;. . . '• .' . ■ ■ lbs.'oz; Lincoln-Merino .v. '... • 10 13 Jbl. Leicester-Merino ... ... ...10 -10 Shropshire-Merino • .;.»•• ... 9 11 B.'Leicester-Jlerino ...' 9 4 Southdown-Merino: 7." . 8 Merino ram on Lincoln-Merino 13 -2 Morino ram on E. Leicester-Merino 11 -15 Merino ram on B.' Leicester-Merino 11. -4. Lincoln ram on - Shropshire-Merino , 11 12 Shropshire ram...on B. .Leicester-, V Merino ' ...v ... - ■... . ... 9 3 Southdown- ram on Southdown- ■ Merino ... - ■ ... .;. 7 -13
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 102, 23 January 1908, Page 2
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162SHEEP CROSSES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 102, 23 January 1908, Page 2
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