Farmer and stockbreeder (1919) (14769495411)

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Title: Farmer and stockbreeder

Year: 1889 (1880s)

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Publisher: London

Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Photo by) Winning Group of Shorthorns at Birmingham. Shown by SIR OWEN PHILIPPS.— Kilsant Wanderer, on the left, realised 3,000gs. (Parsons, number were the final draft in the long series ofcross-breeding experiments carried out at the WaggaFarm under direction of Mr. J. W. Matthews, theState sheep and wool expert. A leading Sydneypaper, in a detailed critique, said: The DorsetHorn get stood out for robustness as good doers.The special value of the Dorset Horn sire in pro-ducing a quick-maturing and weighty lamb is con-firmed to a marked degree. Further, the conditionof the Dorset Horn crosses attested the prepotencyof the breed in infusing hardiness in the progeny. WEIGHT OF THE LAMBS These appreciative remarks are borne out fully bythe superior weights of the lambs from the DorsetHorn sires, and the much higher prices they com-manded in the sale ring. The top price of the salewas obtained by 20 lambs got by Dorset Horn ramsfrom Border Leicester-merino dams, 25s. 10d., thelambs ave

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