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Show BREEDING FOR BETTER SHEEP Experiment Being Conducted on Ex- H perlment Ranch In Idaho by H Department of Agriculture. H , . I'M -j. are. l by the failed st.it. s Impart- H meal nf Agrtrulturp.) Corrledale sheep developed In Aus- H tral in mainly bv a Lincoln-Merino H ! cross, nre being studied by the United H States department of agriculture a! H the government L'SiHHl-acre sheep-ex- H perlment ranch at Dubois. Idaho. H There are at present about LBOO sheep H ' on the project divided into various H classes. Australians claim for the H Ooniedalea better mutton form thnn H the Merino, more weight, and yet u LB good fleece of ubout three-eighths HI blood quality, it is expected that the tH tests now being conducted by the de- H partmeut will eventually result In a H better average sheep, ns to mutton H carcass, Hum the breeds now on the flH market. The breed was introduced In- Bfl to this country by the federal depart- H moot, but since that time many large H private Importations have been mnde. H Pnrt of the sheep on the Dubois range H are being kept as straight Corrledales, HH while others are being crossed with HBj American crossbreds. Hf |