Lambing Percentages At Massey College
THREE INFLUENCING FACTORS Sheep-farmers will be interested in the lambing percentages at Massey College which were reported to yesterday’s meeting of the College Board of Governors. They wore as follow:—Stud Romneys 94.5, stud Southdowns 97.8, stud Ryolands 99, sterility experimental 85.1, Dr. Dry’s wool research 86.2, Ryeland cross expreiment 90.2, intensive rotational grazing experiment 93.4, Tua Paka 92.5; over all, 91.4 per cent. Three main factors influencing the lambing percentages stand out very clearly. First, thero was the very low percentage of twin lambs, due no doubt to the drought at tupping time. Secondly, there was the abnormally low death rate during lambing. During August, September and October the three worst months of the year, the loss was just over 2J per cent. Thirdly, there was tho fact that a largo percentage of ewes must have slipped their lambs in the early stages of pregnancy.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 296, 15 December 1939, Page 9
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