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Selecting And Culling Sheep Flocks, H E. Fels
Selecting And Culling Sheep Flocks, H E. Fels
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
SHEEP flocks are culled and selected for two main reasons—firstly to get immediate improvements in the present generation and secondly, to improve future generations.
Fleece Weight : The Best Culling Guide, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Fleece Weight : The Best Culling Guide, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Flock owners' thoughts are now turning towards culling.
Culling should remove the worst sheep and keep the best to fill the bales and breed replacements.
A valuable aid to this annual task is Culling by Fleece Weight during shearing
Selecting A Herd Sire, R A. Bettenay
Selecting A Herd Sire, R A. Bettenay
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THERE is now ample evidence that most of the differences in production between herds are determined by feeding and management, with differences in genetic merit playing a relatively minor role.
It seems that the quickest way to increase production is by improved feeding, whilst in some herds much production is being lost by faulty milking techniques.