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Haddon Big Blood boosts Queensland sheep wealth
The Merino Stud Stock Register shows 24 of 50 Queensland studs used substantial Haddon Big Blood, with 11,400 rams sold in 1952. At 40 lambs per ram annually, 456,000 lambs carry the blood each year and five-year lifespans yield 2,280,000 sheep shaped by this line, worth about £11,400,000 in wool. NSW losses in 1950-52 cut rain sales by 25 percent, with a corresponding £32,000,0 value. Haddon Rig Blood is portrayed as highly profitable for the pastoral industry, and a big Sydney Ram Sales team is planned, including 60 two-tooth selected Stud Ewes from Warren NSW.