The New Mexico
Sheep-Breeding System
with data on the historic Floyd Lee Ranch
frotessor. emeritus
Animal Sewrrt^*
MEMOIR SERIES
z ^^ d New Mexico State University
V ^ College of Agriculture and Home Economics
New Mexico sheep-breeding system: With data on the historic Floyd Lee Ranch
Series Designation
Memoir Series 5
Table of Contents
Foreword; Preface; The New Mexico sheep-breeding system; Part I. On the Floyd Lee Ranch; Part II. Research in sheep selections; Importance of culling range sheep; Effect of types and breeds of sheep; Corrective sheep breeding; Seclection of rams for upgrading wool production; Body weights of range sheep; Longer-stapled wool increases income; Breeding costs with purchased and home-grown rams; Body weight, clean wool, wool length, and shrinkage; Estimating wool length; Effect of ram weight; Environment affects performance of sale rams; Development of extremes in herds; Influence of crimp; Uniformity of fleece reduces manufacturing costs; A machine for estimating clean-fleece weight; Selecting range sheep; Wool length and selection with the squeeze machine; Sorting breeding sheep annually or only once; Visually desirable traits; Injection of extreme variations into pure lines; In conclusion; Publications about selective mating program
Description
Memoir series publication containing a history of the selective breeding sheep improvement program in New Mexico from the 1930s. Includes information on the sheep improvement activities taking place on the Fernandez Company's Floyd Lee Ranch.
Subject
Sheep--Breeding--New Mexico; sheep (NAL); animal breeding (NAL); New Mexico (NAL);
Creator
Neale, P. E. (Philip Earle); Leyendecker, Phillip J., Jr. USE Leyendecker, Philip J., Jr.; Lee, Floyd W.;
Date Original
1971-10
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library;
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Source
Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library.
Sheep--Breeding--New Mexico; sheep (NAL); animal breeding (NAL); New Mexico (NAL);
Creator
Neale, P. E. (Philip Earle); Leyendecker, Phillip J., Jr. USE Leyendecker, Philip J., Jr.; Lee, Floyd W.;
Date Original
1971-10
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library;
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Digital Identifier
UAAPM0000050001
Is Part Of
New Mexico sheep-breeding system: With data on the historic Floyd Lee Ranch
Type
Text
Format
image/tiff
Language
eng
OCR
The New Mexico
Sheep-Breeding System
with data on the historic Floyd Lee Ranch
frotessor. emeritus
Animal Sewrrt^*
MEMOIR SERIES
z ^^ d New Mexico State University
V ^ College of Agriculture and Home Economics
