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The fat stock of Anglesey and Caernarvon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Phillips
R. Phillips
Affiliation:
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
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1. A survey of the trade in fat cattle, calves and sheep through the collecting centres of the Ministry of Food has been made for the counties of Anglesey and Caernarvon.

2. The results show that the Anglesey stock are invariably heavier and in better condition and marketed slightly earlier in the year, than those of Caernarvon.

3. The imported fat cattle were heavier and more uniform than the home-bred.

4. A check has been made of the variations in live-weight of fat cattle according to colour. Invariably the Black cattle (Welsh) have been lighter, and the Red/White (Hereford) heavier than the average live weight of all cattle of both sexes.

5. The bulk of the meat produced in the two counties is delivered during the autumn months, confirming the experience that the winter fattening of cattle is not now widely practised.

6. In sheep husbandry the two counties are complementary. The small draft mountain ewe, crossed with a heavier type ram, is capable of rearing a fat lamb practically equal to her own body weight in less than 6 months.

7. Losses in mature ewes and rams are suspected to be high because of the small proportions of them, in relation to the population figures, that are delivered to the collecting centres.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1953 , pp. 432 - 449
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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