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The influence of the environment upon the estimated dressed carcass weight of fat sheep in West Wales (1943–6)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Phillips  and
E. H. Brown
R. Phillips
Affiliation:
University College, Aberystwyth
E. H. Brown
Affiliation:
University College, Aberystwyth
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1. The changes in the sheep population and in the sales of fat sheep have been examined for the West Wales region for the period 1940–8. These changes consist of a gradual annual decline in sales, whilst the severity of the 1947 winter conditions brought about a rapid drop in both sales and population by nearly 33% from 1946 to 1947.

2. Analyses of sales of the four categories of fat sheep—rams, ewes, sheep and lambs—throughout the twenty-five collecting centres have been completed for the 4 years, 1943–6. These showed that lambs accounted for 85% of the fat sheep sales in this region.

3. It was found that the average estimated dressed carcass weight (e.d.w.) of the four categories of sheep (rams, ewes, sheep and lambs) declined gradually from the collecting centres of west Pembrokeshire to the inland centres on the eastern boundaries of the region. This cline is also found in the case of the summer suckling lamb, the autumn wether lamb and the winter-fed fat lamb.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , October 1950 , pp. 341 - 355
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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