| The flock consisted of 20 rams, 44 ewes, and 43 lambs, of which 21 were female and the remaining were castrated males. |
| Hereabouts ewes wander at will followed by their weak-kneed, painfully innocent lambs, the majority just days old. |
| They seem quite happy to either accept stock joisted in for the season or contract rear the lambs for breeders. |
| The home market is expected to absorb around 25 per cent of the total expected output of four million lambs this year. |
| Animal carcass weights also indicate advances, with the increase in size of lambs and calves the best indicators of productivity improvements. |
| West Country lambs are particularly large, and the joint is packed with meat all the way to the top of the chop. |
