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Crossbred rams outlive purebred Suffolks and Hampshires in Glenn County Testing Program
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California Agriculture 20(4):14-15.
Published April 01, 1966
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Abstract
Crossbred yearling rams lived 20% longer according to experiments in western Glenn County than did their purebred Hampshire and Suffolk half-brothers. Mortality of all the yearling rams was high; 82% died before the fifth breeding season.