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Show Esplin Advises On Sheep Breeds For Utah Due to their hardiness and heavy production of wool, Ram-bouillet, Ram-bouillet, Columbia, and Corriedale sheep, should be used for ewe lamb replacements in Utah, Alma C. Esplin, extension animal husbandman hus-bandman at tlie Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college, advises. The Rambouillet, most popular breed of sheep in Utah, has a white face, fine wool, herding instinct, in-stinct, hardiness, and long life span. A change is being made by breeders to smoothness of body and an increase in the length of wool fiber, Mr. Esplin points out. The large smooth bodied Rambouillet Ram-bouillet is meeting the demands of both wool and meat and compares com-pares favorably with other breeds in net income. The Corriedale is a crossbreed of English longwool sheep and the Australian Merino. These sheep have proved to be adaptable to the extremes of western range conditions but heavy importation expenses have limited the extensive exten-sive use of this breed in the western west-ern states. The Corriedale are alert, well-proportioned, well-proportioned, and of medium size with thick compact bodies of de- m,.ffAn rfnolifxr anri finish OliakUC lliHUUVii for marketing. The Columbia sheep have been developed in recent years by the Department of Agriculture by crossing Rambouillet - ewes and Lincoln rams. This breed is a large vigorous, heavy-boned, hornless horn-less sheep. Their marketing quality qual-ity is not as good as the Corriedale Corrie-dale and the lambs do not mature so quickly. Fleeces are heavy and of quarter-blood quality, and the wool is from three to four inches long. Experiments conducted have placed average weights of Rambouillet Ram-bouillet ewes at 125 pounds; Cor-riedales, Cor-riedales, 117 pounds; and Columbia, Colum-bia, 134 pounds. Yearling Rambouillet Ram-bouillet ewes immediately after shearing average 84 pounds; Corriedale, Cor-riedale, 80 pounds and Columbia, 93 pounds. |
