AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. THE SELECTION OF A RAH. I'OiSTS TO BE CONSIDERED. COBB EOT MATING ESSENTIAL FOR feTUU-3IASTER AND Jt'LOCK-OWNER. rpHK production of higli-class rams is not X just a simple matter o£ mating a well-bred r*m with a lot oi equally wollbred ewes without taking t |le trouble to examine the different points of strength and weakness on both sides. Skilful mating depends on a careful study •it these different points, so that the sire makes up for any deficiency in the ewes, or vice versa. In pedigree flocks breed j oints count on both sides, and due regard must be i>aid to pedigree, for unless the breeding of the aire is studied it is a very easy matter to lose type and very difficult 10 regain it once it is lost. Ram breeding represents the highest form of art 83 applied 10 aheep-breoding, and it is not every breeder by any means who is a perfect master of t:ic art. The most successful breeders have always been those who have had a perfect knowledge of the individual propensities of the different members of the flock, keen to recognise the breeding powers of tho ewes, and able to select their rains with the skill necessary to bring out the best results in iha progeny. It often happens that a somewhat mean-looking ewe property mated proves ;i great breeder, producing a winner every year, but, on the other hand, if unskilfully mated, her progeny is of no outside value. SKILFUL HATING NECESSARY. Everything, therefore, depends on skilful matin; iu a ram-breeding flock, and a man njunt be a master of tho art of breeding to be a success as a ram-breeder. The same principle in regard to the selection of a wire should be applied to all commercial flock*, crossbred or otherwise. Skilful mating makes all the difference in she type and quality of the lambs, and careful note should be taken of the strong and weak points of the ewe flock before purchasiijgr rams to mate with it. Indiscriminate mating results in lack of type and uniformity «f appearance, which are both important factors in obtaining a good price for the iamb* when sold. Cross-breeding in Bheep is now very extensively employed, and in cross-breeding rams should be selected not solely for good points, but also on account of tho suitability of the breed to which they belong to cross with the breed to wh&b the ewes belong. .Some breeds crosn well with each other: other* do not, and just as there ia really no best breed so there is no best cross, as that breed or cross is always best which ts most adapted to the conditions under which it has to exist. REMEMBER: Old Mother Hubbard who Want ta the Cupboard. Yonr atock will not And the cupboard bare if you supply Li*it in every paddock. It keeps the animals In good health, the sulphur Increases the shearing propensities of the sheep, and no Flock Master should be without it. Obtainable from all Stock Firms. TYPE OF COUNTRY MUST BE STUDIED* Then again regard must bo had to thejdein the district in which the sheep ar« bred. In some parts of the country there ia a demand for lamb* from a particular elaaa of ewe, provided they are sired by ramq of a certain breed, whereas lambs from the «.~ t «!us of ewe by rams of another breed meet n# demand at all, though perhaps the one cross may be just as good as the other, only local prejudice has to be studied in depend* upan the needs of the district to which lambs eventually find thair way to he fattened either <w» roots or grain, and aa dealera have to study the want a of their customers flock-mastera must »o likewise. ' Tho saints that constitute a good rani are amiAtty applicable to all breeds, and _ n° matter for what purpose a ram Is required, whether it l»e for or . croS .V b ! ¥ ®^° e ;,*a bred sswvsss « t earelaasly-bred flock. W to * depended upon as a aire, and in selecting ft Tain from a flock in such generation a Marr ewe and Tflm ha# been carefully ohos®n iy»Xted tt la difficult to *o far wrong. THE BETTER SIRB SCORES. Bread always tells, and the better bred tho aires are and the more skilfully mated, na much tho more level, bre«dy-lookinjr. #»<* saleable will bo the produce. To whatever breed a r#m may belong, no rihould have a strong, maßCullrie head, well Ht 00 a good scrag, a broad brisket with n good hack and loin, top line and under line parallel, tail set on in a straight line with tbo back, which shonld handle firm and lew! right along, tho backbone being well covered with flesh. The legs shonld be set on squarely with good hooka* The, skin jnqujd b» jink, and tho fleece of wool well up tq tho atandard of the breed to which tt* w»» lulosii. So mo breeders wake a point of cjioosma a ram that ia a twin, the idea being that a twin ia more likely to beget twins, hut a high percentage of twina is probably more dependant on tho breed and the * condition of the ewes at matins time. Some herds art bom prolific than others, and it i* doubtful if th<* mere faot of a ram being a twin has any influence on the percentage of |w)n lambs born. There is always adis* tinetion between what are known aa "breed. «r«' " aheep and "farmers' " sheep, A ram that la suitable for heading a high-class flock ia also hound to he suitable for comm«. eial pnrpoaea, but the so-called farmers' aheep ia not a# a rule by any means fitted for service in a ram-breading flock. XObASSZS —A. really wonderful production sold under the name of "HOOK! SOLIDIFIED MOLASSES" atrongly encaaed in steel containers. ■ Evary farm should have it, and aa yon move the stock, move the containers. Obtainable from II- MATSON and CO. USEFUL QUALITIES" SBQOLP BE PRE. SEAVED. At the same time, breeders Mat be carefui in the class of ran they put on the (Mrtat for commercial purposes. Many braeda have loat the support of farmers simply because mora attention has been paid to fancy pointa than the more useful qualities that hMp to pay for the rest. Th» use of well-bred and carefully selected nsu Hakaa all tho difference when it ceraes to. selling the lambs, whether they mm sold u "stores" or f«4 'off 4 to the tvteher on roots or as fat Itmbs, It may |« thought in th« tatter cm# that, «s the Umbo will ba killed off at an early #pa any sort of rant will do, b»t for fat i»mb prodnc* tion a suitable aire is a point of'the greatest importance. EARLY MATURITY AN ESSENTIA^, It ia essential for fat lambs to mature' •arly and fatten quickly, so that r#ms inust b* fitotfro tbit *re tiie zqast llfeejy to bring •boot these results. A good sire is hall the flock. Just as a good bull "is half the hard, and it is eqnally aa bad j>o)joy to uae • mongrel-bred oir "scrub" ram as a "scrub" bull, about which we hear so much nowadays. At the same, time, no slra is all powerful, however good ha may be, and in order to bread iambs of top quality, that will mature eftriy and give tho most' profltabia jetijrn, whether sold as stores or as mutton, 'it is w <»ft important tp exercise the greatest care and judgment iu «t» cailisc end drafting of the ewe*. - . • I# all pedigree flocks the <jw« fleqlt is sane over most carefully every , year, and only thoa* that are true to type and proved Mod breedera retained. In commercial flocks aMngs are dona in a more rough and ready way, and perhaps loss attention ia paid to indivWaai merit, but it is always advisable If waft out three-cornered specimens and thoaa that are lacking in uniformity of S>pamnea. UlJead flocks all ports and sta ara nam satisfactory. THE IMPORTANCE OP DIPPING STOCK. Dipping becomes mora of a science ovary day. It rids tho aheep of pqsts, w that the stock can thrive. The an. «wjr»aet of ghtep rubbing auinat Caieit and Band baoks is ms?lr tbo rwuJt of ineffigicßt dipping. Opiß~A Powder Dip ha* come as a boon and a blessing to the sheep men. Jb» proprietors are meeting the condition 9t the fock*aaater by marketing thair commodity below tho rates of othan. Tho satisfactory analysis of Eiliott Bros, tha lar«eit ehtmital people in Australia and Xow Zealand, in respect to thu> dip, and tha criticisms of those who have already nsed tha dip this season, U responsible tor our placing it or the market with tho utmost sonft* dence. H. MATSON and CP.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20494, 12 March 1932, Page 24
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