NEW SHEEP CROSS.
CORRIEDADE-DORSET HORN. The experiment of crossing a New Zealand Corriedale ram with a Dorset Horn i ewe is being made by Sir Frederick Akroyd, of Birstwith Hall, near Harrogate, Yorkshire. The Dorset Horn is particularly valuable owing to its capacity to breed at any time of the year, thus providing a source for out-of-season lamb. By crossing it with Corriedale it is hoped to improve the breed’s wool-bearing properties and still maintain this breed characteristic which is common also to the Merino ancestor of the Corriedale. The ram was purchased by Sir Frederick from a Scottish farmer, who obtained a number of Corriedales after the Empire Exhibition at Wembley.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 95, 21 March 1938, Page 4
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112NEW SHEEP CROSS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 95, 21 March 1938, Page 4
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