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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 62, Issue 5, 15 May 1941, Page 319

You Can't Reasonably Con- / , La^ ge siz ® -W ‘ f SUJ' (calves and Hl tinue Using the Knife to Your /Sr grown rams) Disadvantage! / £4/10/- W r/fn Small size Striking results are quoted in the Scottish journal fi (lambs) of Agriculture of an experiment 'with the two & ff/ £3 /I /• methods of castrating lambs— the knife and the fj 7u «*-<-*/ 1. *J/ “ bloodless castrator. ffff/ Postage paid. Ten pairs of twin half-bred male lambs were taken t/'/// mrtZ* BP eraa fra from a flock of Cheviot ewes. One twin was Kff/ 08 SQ* jF ||“ castrated with the castrator, the other with the [ff/ "" J 0 BB El “ vWK knife. The live weight gain between castration imiiiinnir MWW* off T&bk . and weaning was recorded for each lamb, and the K® i" x VW gain made by one lamb castrated with the castrator I p T IggS ’ |Ha |||| H X 5 VW compared with that of its brother castrated with OHfi® IO raMr jSW BSD BSi H vEfiraS Ml theknife - JfV IN EVERY CASE, THE BLOODLESSLY VBSBSr ES la® ® AH WsfflL CASTRATED LAMB MADE MORE RAPID 7/ //A AA GAINS, THE AVERAGE INCREASE BEING c. ('>// f rf]AJA/JSJ 59 lb., AS AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 53 lb. \al A JU [ '' i ' FOR THOSE CUT WITH THE KNIFE, AN A ADVANTAGE OF 6 lb. PER HEAD. > Eg* M fflt fll 4* iRS fiffl “WflTßh IMk Seven single lambs castrated with the castrator |smS JSsfil IfHM WfrlM Hfl m lawn aS m Uli™ JI? averaged 641 b. increase between castration and mln Kg weaning, compared with an average of 58 lb. for . ' ’ seven cut with the knife, again an advantage of 61b. ON YOU LAM RS AMD PAIVEC per head. In addition to yielding a heavier ' 1 Vvlt L.M/VID3 AIXV UALVtJ lamb, the bloodless castrator gave a bigger lamb WRIGHT STFPMFKICnKI r. m ITn with bolder head and stronger bone, and in better ARPA H A M F wit 1 I A & M C ?4« LTDcondition. ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS LTD. __ • ' -• •' • ' ■• • • All Branches.