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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 2, 15 August 1941, Page 87

LAMB B.M . .—•• v s ,vC V • * "-'U .. tl Jl • T , -</• -..k i I ■ f V & * *.v Ss /"X' - : / 0v^ x \- ' Zv >A! k / -|f y~ xs>- ' / \z3K ” Bk 1,. F&f*- /Ftily fa .-p* ' i\« JK V^--^v/* You Can't Reasonably Con- /WkcK Tnd W tinue Using the Knife to Your jbK grown rams) WA Disadvantage! / w £4/10/- Wk i-w/ Small size Ok Striking results are quoted in the Scottish Journal £ : / (lambs) ’k/wX. of Agriculture of an experiment with the two flSw/ £3/15/methods of castrating lambsthe knife and the £S#/ «*vJ/ LkJ/ “ bloodless castrator. s Kg/ Postage paid. Ten pairs of twin half-bred male lambs were taken & a ■ jr» pw irai n n BB» from a flock of Cheviot ewes. One twin was • / / ft I€b FF "ST IrO castrated with the castrator, the other with the J«y Ea« »® KB Iffika ’Bgk knife. The live weight gain between castration msxib. sons jw'Vw and weaning was recorded for each lamb, and the JMTWiIk HBi H WL gain made by one lamb castrated with the castrator |k|| g|» B«E fi|B| ||sj fcl H Ig&lf V,? compared with that of its brother castrated with fe&t| KM§ S» EO3 ISIiIWS M Welk Ml knifc - MJF&w, llm WJr . Jli IN EVERY CASE, THE BLOODLESSLY ■K3e’ r ™ hBbJhB WA As WBA CASTRATED LAMB MADE MORE RAPID J/ / f /I AA GAINS, THE AVERAGE INCREASE BEING ( >/ / ZZo/7 AjC/-r- J " 59 lb., AS AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 53 lb. \/fAjU'^ y FOR THOSE CUT WITH THE KNIFE, AN / e±Z ADVANTAGE OF 61b. PER HEAD. —w mm ra gp, jffbmi 9 N KHT& Seven single lambs castrated with the castrator &g® ® Mg |S gMt Ml Rll fllßiß averaged 64 lb. increase between castration and H&h«aWia Sr! weaning, compared with an average of 58 lb. for seven cut with the knife, again an advantage of 61b. AM YOUR lambs and calves per head. In addition to yielding a heavier W V t-M/TIUJ I V Cu WR AB H R T AHAM P^w?L N L! A & MS C ?4n LTD - condition. ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS LTD. All Branches.