GOAT-SHEEP HYBRIDS
The existence of hybrids between he-goat and ewes has been much disputed. Mons. A. Masala has been able to resolve this question in Sardinia, says the “Livestock journal,’’ where the flocks of sheep frequently include a he-goat which mates successfully with tne ewes if it has been separated when quite young from its dam, suckled by a ewe, and reared subsequently among sheep. The hybrids obtained by Mons. Masala, although much resembling sheep, are distinguished by the following characteristics: shape and size intermediate between sheep and goat —wool with the characters of mohair —udder of the goat shape with divergent teats —milk capacity of female hybrids inherited from the goat strain. The hybrids, which are fecund to an unlimited degree, have indisputable practical value from their high milk yield and by their weight, both when young and when full grown, in excess of the Sardinian breed of sheep. This account, we are warned by a Scottish authority, should be accepted with reserve.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 305, 11 December 1929, Page 11
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