AN IMPORTANT POINT

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6900, 4 May 1929, Page 12

AN IMPORTANT POINT

THE LEG OF MUTTON. In spite of all the fancy breed points that may be studied in sheep breeding, there is one outstanding fact that must never be forgotten, and that is the leg of mutton. Without a well let down leg of mutton no sheep is of much value to the butcher ,for it is the leg that yields the best profit. Some of our flockmasters are watching this point with groat care, and are using rams that should sire lambs good in their docks and legs of mutton, for unless a sheep is well docked it will never show that leg of mutton all butchers like to handle and all sheep breeders like to see.

On the other hand there are breeders that have grown just a wee bit careless as to this feature, and by getting the legs too long they have provided the butcher and customer with too much waste, and, therefore, with joints that will not be in favour. At all costs the long legs -should be eliminated, for it is the sheep that is close to the ground that makes money every time.—“ Live Stock Journal.”