. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. THE BREEDING OF SHEEP 405 if mutton, whether he means to raise hot-house lambs or older mutton. He should bear in mind that in general "like pro- duces like" and that "blood will ; This applies to the ewes as well as to the ram. Bad qualities of one are as likely to appear in the lambs as bad qualities of the other. Even after using the greatest care in finding the breeding stock, the breeder must be prepare
. Manual of farm animals; a practical guide to the choosing, breeding, and keep of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine. Animal industry; Horses; Cattle; Sheep; Swine. THE BREEDING OF SHEEP 405 if mutton, whether he means to raise hot-house lambs or older mutton. He should bear in mind that in general "like pro- duces like" and that "blood will ; This applies to the ewes as well as to the ram. Bad qualities of one are as likely to appear in the lambs as bad qualities of the other. Even after using the greatest care in finding the breeding stock, the breeder must be prepared to expect many lambs inferior to both parents. The type or breed should depend on the individual preference of the breeders. The advisability of selecting wool or mutton sheep will depend on the conditions. Mutton is preeminently adapted to the corn-belt, although a great many wool sheep are found there. Where hot-house and early spring lambs are to be produced, Merino and Horned-Dorset blood must predominate. Where the grazing land is much broken, some breed other than the pure mutton is likely to give best results. For such lands a good grazing breed is demanded. Whatever breed is chosen, there should be no further change, for it is indiscriminate and zigzag crossing that has produced our present common stock. Uniformity. — In choosing the foundation flock of breeding ewes, no single factor is of greater im- portance than uniformity. The ewes should be uniform in type, ,:, ,,o xr t:^ •', ' Fig. 133. — Hampshike Ewe. weight, quality, and breeding. champion, international Live Such a flock will cost sHghtly more Stoo'. show 1908. Photograph . hy National stockman and Farmer. than one not uniform m these characters, but will prove much the more profitable in the long run. As we have already observed in the discussion of mutton production, uniformity is a market requirement, and when it is wanting in the breeding ewes, it will also be lacking in the crop of lambs. When on
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