. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE SHROPSHIRE 391 Cross-bred or grade Shropshires are to-day one of the most common types of mutton sheep found on the market. Shrop- shire rams used on native ewes furnish lambs of a much-desired class, fattening easily, not too large, and profitable killers. In the Mississippi Valley states Shropshire grades are the common sheep outside of Merino communities. A Shropshire ram-Merino ewe cross is also a very beneficial one from a mutton point of view. Used on the long-wool grade ewes, a smaller, better mutton sheep results, with a more profitab
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE SHROPSHIRE 391 Cross-bred or grade Shropshires are to-day one of the most common types of mutton sheep found on the market. Shrop- shire rams used on native ewes furnish lambs of a much-desired class, fattening easily, not too large, and profitable killers. In the Mississippi Valley states Shropshire grades are the common sheep outside of Merino communities. A Shropshire ram-Merino ewe cross is also a very beneficial one from a mutton point of view. Used on the long-wool grade ewes, a smaller, better mutton sheep results, with a more profitable fleece. Alex. Bruce, chief live-stock inspector for New South Wales, in 1894 wrote, "For the production of prime fat lambs there is no better ram (if. Fig. 17S. The first-prize pen of Shropshire yearUiig ewes at the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England Show, 1904. Bred and by Sir R. P. Cooper, Bart., Shenstone, England. Photograph from William Cooper & Nephews, Berkhamsted, England there be as good) than the Shropshire, and the result is equally favorable where that ram is put to cross-bred ; The fecundity of Shropshire sheep is notable. The ewes of this breed have long been noted for the number of lambs they will produce. A ewe owned by a Mr. Pochin at Leicester, Eng- land, dropped five lambs in 1882, four in 1883, and four in 1884. A writer in the English Agricultural Gazette in 1879 reports that in 1877 he had 125 ewes suckle 194 lambs, in 1878 he had 120 suckle 176, and in 1879 he had 124 suckle 191. Mr. Alfred Mansell, secretary of the English Shropshire Society, states that 150 to 175 lambs per 100 is the usual average, that 11,666 ewes in 1896 reared 168 lambs per 100 ewes. In a study of 23,037 Shropshires recorded in the American Shropshire. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese
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