WHAT IS A CROSSBRED ?
... SHEEP-GROWERS DIFFER, ~ V In discussing a • proposal to include a -class for crossbred;ewo hoggets.in the schedule for its next; show, a difference of opinion arose among members of the Soutu~Canterbury A. and P. Association as to what constituted a crossbred.' : ..One member, Mr. 'T; H: Smith, ■■ contended that either a half bred or a three-quarter-bred lamb from a purebred eheep t could be included within' the";meaning'of the term crossbred. :' : ';.'•': '■""• The chairman; Mr. R. H. Rhodes, said that so long as he was;chairman of the association his ■ ruling-would-be that.-.a; half bred- lamb was a,' lamb by a/.long-wooL ram out of a nierino . ■ -V.'
■ Mr. Smith contende'u that this-was not a correct definition". A'lamb was just as. ■much halfbred "if, it came by" a merino 'ram out of a long-wool ewe'as if by a lor.g-wool ram out. of a merino; ewe. .■ '■'■'A-.member suggested that' 'the terms "first and second! cross" should bo introduced at show, competitions.'...
From subsequent discussion it appeared' that Mr. Rhodes's ruling did meet, with general; approval; and ;- eventually the point was left tc'-'bo decided for the purposes of the competition. by the Sheep .Committee..' ...... ;.'•■ . •• .-
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 8
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190WHAT IS A CROSSBRED ? Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 791, 14 April 1910, Page 8
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