Castration Raises Value

Castration Raises Value

Of Commercial Lambs

The value of, commercial ram lambs going to the slaughter house can be raised by as much as $1.25 per head if they are castrated early, says G. W. Litton, sheep specialist at VP1.

The commercial lambs should be castrated when they are two weeks to one month old.

The specialist says there has been some resistance on the part of sheep breeders to castrating the lambs. They have said, in eflect, “What difference does it make—we don't get more money.”

But, Litton points c t, “We . leally haven't given the packers a chance to pay for quality lamb . . . what would happen if they were guaranteed a week-afterweek supply of castrated lambs?”

Ram Iambs “go downhill’’ rapidly after they reach the age of about four months, especially in hot weather. The deterioration— the tendency to put on meat in the wrong places—can be largely avoided by castration.

The job of castration has been made easier by the use of the new “rubber-band" method. Bloodless, it can be done quickly by one man. There are other methods, if you prefer them. County agepts can advise you.

Castrating the lambs also makes it. possible to hold them on the farm longer, waiting for favorable markets.

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