Show LAE STOCK 29 I 1 V I 1 GOOD MU MUTTON TYPE OF SHEEP tendency of public to consume moro more of meat attributed to careful dressing of carcasses in ills his work on oil profitable stock feeding prof 11 R smith calls attention to the growing tendency on the part of tho the public to consume more mutton lie he attributes this in part 9 act that mutton carcasses are more carefully dressed and better ripened than formerly and in addition a better grade of mutton sheep la is being produced furthermore it li Is marketed earlier than was the case a few years igo ago during former years when wool was higher in price the country was largely stocked with alne sheep of at the distinctly wool breeds these sheep were retained on the farms perhaps several years for tho the annual clip of wool and when finally placed upon tile the market had become so aged as to make the meat ineat tough as W well ell I 1 as strongly flavored with lower wr tc of wool thero there have come about rn marked aked changes in tile the character of fl locks eks rams nanis of the mutton breeds incle including ing the southdown daml ahtie cotswold Cots wold oxford lincoln and kel leicester cester have been crossed upon native alne ewes resulting in a good quality ot of mutton stock these crossbred cross bred mutton sheep do not produce so heavy a fleece as do the merino alerino merin in anti and at prevailing prices for wool it Is not profitable to carry them over for or their second clip and the little increase in weight but their points of 0 excellence for mutton production are so much greater than their deficiencies for wool production in com comparison parl with the merino that they are now flow in greater favor merino owes ewes of the improved strains are arc still preferred for range conditions because they not only sheer a heavier leeco fleece but their derise dense tine fine wool find and smaller frames make them better able to withstand tho the hardships ot of the range with the more recent advance in the price of wool there Is now a tendency upon the part of farmers to retain in the breeding ewes somewhat more of the merino blood depending upon the heavy mutton rams to produce a type of lamb which has proved very satisfactory in tho the teed feed lot though bont what smaller than higher grades of i mutton stock |