THE NEW ZEALAND FREEZER
TOPS OVERSEA MARKET. New Zealand sheep farmers have evolved many crosses (says the “Live Stock Journal,” London). hut not one is so famous as the Canterbury. As far as oversea trade is concerned it tops the market. This “freezer” is bred on very distinct lines. In most cases an English Leicester ram is crossed with a Merino ewe, and the ewe lambs resulting are nut to a Border Leicester ram. The type is sometimes further improved bv introducing the finer strain of the Southdown or Shropshire. In such a case it is usual to save the ewes resulting from the second (Border Leicester ram and English LeicesterMerino ewe), and put them to Southdown or Shropshire rams. The lambs make ideal freezers, rossessing the fine points of the Southdown and the stouter frame of their Leicester progenitors. These lambs also mature earlier, an essential qualification for market purposes, since they are in a fit condition for slaughtering at a.much earlier date than either Southdown or Shropshire cross. The frozen carcass presents a most attractive appearance, and does not easily discolour like some other varieties of mutton raised for export.
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 5, 2 May 1911, Page 4
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192THE NEW ZEALAND FREEZER Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 5, 2 May 1911, Page 4
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