CROSSING SHEEP BREEDS
SOUTHDOWN—CORRIEDALE. From the United States of America comes news that another new breed of sheep has been developed by an American sheep specialist who claims for his breed —which he has named the Southdale —that it produces an ideal dual-purpose animal specially adapted for small farm stocks.
The new breed has been developed by crossing the Southdown and the Corriedale breeds. As the Corriedale itself is a comparatively new breed, it may be found that some few years must elapse before the type of breed can be claimed to have been definitely fixed. The producer of the Southdale says that the Southdown is noted for its mutton qualities, but produces a lightweight, short staple fleece, which is, however, of a high quality of wool. The Corriedale is not so good a mutton breed as the Southdown, but produces a high quality, heavy, long staple fleece, and in the new breed the wool yield is said to be heavier than that of the Southdown and the mutton is ol better quality than that of the Corriedale. At least one Argentine sheep breeder is breeding, and is actually offering for sale, rams which ho describes as crossbred Southdown-Corriedales.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 9
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199CROSSING SHEEP BREEDS Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1940, Page 9
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