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connotes a, chop, stew oi\ roastOthers are more intrigued with the possibilities of the fleece-of the sheep in [the production of fine clothing fibres. * Sheepmen of our Seventh Congressonal District, send considerable wool to markfet each year, but Virginia growers also have done much in the development of high-quality lambs for meat use. “'High-quality” should be emphasized,* as this description provides s the basis for brief comment on the decision of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson to suspend federal grading of lamb as over the strong objections of Virginia producers and farm organizations.
In Virginia and some other states, principally in the East, spec-, ial attention is given to the raising of lambs for meat. Federal carcass grading of lamb has not been compulsory. It is available to hose marketers who desire a government grade stamp as a mark of quality to be seen by the housewife or other buyer. Naturally the seller of low-quality meat would have little interest kt such grading service. In this connection, it should
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