HEAVY-WEIGHT LAMB
TWENTY POUNDS AT BIRTH [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE. Wednesday A Southdown ewe on the farm of Mr. A. P. Robinson, of Roto-o-rangi, gave birth recently to a lamb weighing 201b. Although weak on its legs for the first day or two, the lamb has gained strength. On a Whitehall farm this season two lambs, weighing 12Jib. and 141b. respectively, were born, but died soon after birth. The average newly-born lamb weighs from 51b. to 81b
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21880, 16 August 1934, Page 13
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78HEAVY-WEIGHT LAMB New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21880, 16 August 1934, Page 13
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