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The Efficiency Of Mutton Production In Crossbred Sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

J. G. W. Jones
J. G. W. Jones*
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire
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This paper is a report on preliminary work carried out at the Rowett Research Institute during the winter of 1951-52, in cooperation with Mr. Gill and Mr. Thomson.

What is known as stratification of the sheep industry in Scotland is the differentiation of enterprise into fairly distinctive types, roughly according to the altitude of the holdings. In the production of mutton, four main types of enterprise are concerned:—

  • (1) breeding of hill ewes for replacement of hill stocks

  • (2) breeding of first-cross ewes

  • (3) breeding of second-cross lambs

  • (4) fattening of second-cross lambs.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production , Volume 1954 , 1954 , pp. 29 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1954

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