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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 63, Issue 4, 15 October 1941, Page 328

LAMB ..•.;fSMww®i| “ ~ I feW®F \ _£ «K\ , w h ; * i ;.- V z^'' ■ / fv wZ\ / / y "• / J~k ~J ¥ K T / / ' ' Z Ci) \ZaSw! .#••■■.l S . ;•. '? /if /k jfLMhMnMM ® B' You Can’t Reasonably Con- '[&/W tinue Using the Knife to Your [S orown rams) va' Disadvantage! / F ? 4 /,? 0 /" W * Am/ Small size Vwk Striking results are quoted in the Scottish Journal f'/y (lambs) of Agriculture of an experiment with the two gsß&/ £3 /15 /- XfcX&Sc methods of castrating lambs—the knife and the K&v/ •»**/ *•*/ " * bloodless castrator. Iggy Postage paid. /\ Ten pairs of twin half-bred male lambs were taken ff/ an a& mb sty mcm m from a flock of Cheviot ewes. One twin was /&$/ [O SSr IS DjU IF castrated with the castrator, the other with the Z/y ™ “““ *™ knife. The live weight gain between castration jswrjgw,. _ nn Biwm. and weaning was recorded for each lamb, and the g!|B § V& gain made by one lamb castrated with the castrator Ew|| ggraa kOI ||||a VA compared with that of its brother castrated with KS tiSB IS w®a K?stL«sy ISI iIH Rll H Ml thela,i£e MJrMI WKwJfBJ jWL IN EVERY CASE, THE BLOODLESSLY IS tgyK Sfet W®*' SbuEa. CASTRATED LAMB MADE MORE RAPID Z' / I // /f 0 A A GAINS, THE AVERAGE INCREASE BEING ; ( / A /ALA^/'^ J 59 lb., AS AGAINST AN AVERAGE OF 53 lb. -/ V7y( ) U FOR THOSE CUT WITH THE KNIFE, AN 7 ADVANTAGE OF 61b. PER HEAD. |wg il? 3 * H Seven single lambs castrated with the castrator ® SO® EM H liiO? averaged 641 b. increase between castration and m saJy weaning, compared with an average of 58 lb. for seven cut with the knife, again an advantage of 61b. ON YONS? I AMiK AMD CAI VF? , per head. In addition to yielding a heavier iVW A. LAiY.DJ A W UALYE3 la ??k 'm b ' oo^ less sastrator5 astrator g L ave a bigger lamb WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO. LTD condidom" head and stronger bone and ,n better ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS LTD. All Branches.