FROM OUR ARCHIVES

10 MARCH 1982

Improving lambing percentage

39 YEARS AGO Feeding and proper management of a flock may be costly, but this is the best way to ensure long-term profitability. This was the opinion of Eric Hayter of Themeda, Sterkstroom.

One should strive for big, plain-bodied sheep shearing 5kg to 6kg of wool. This may seem a bit low under good feeding conditions;