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Polypay

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Pol·y·pay  (pl-p)
n.
Any of a breed of beige-colored sheep developed in the United States, raised for meat and wool and valued for their hardiness and frequent lambing.
[poly- (from its having been bred from multiple breeds) + pay (from its good return on labor and investment).]
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Columbia (n = 49), Polypay (n = 128), Rambouillet (n = 265), Targhee (n = 118), Suffolk (n = 27), and Suffolk-cross (n = 44) rangeewe lambs (n = 631) were weaned, weighed, placed on separate range (mountain big sagebrush steppe) from their dams for 30 d, and then were transported (24 km) to the US Sheep Experiment Station facilities near Dubois, ID.
Effect of Including Alfalfa Hays That Were Harvested in the Morning ... by T M Thelen and J B Taylor and H F Mayland / Professional Animal Scientist
The OSU barn is part of research in breeding Polypay sheep, which are known for having larger birth numbers, with Suffolk sheep, which tend to have just one lamb per pregnancy.
BEA-EWE-TIFUL NEWBORNS by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
We had decided after all of our readings and research that Polypay sheep had the qualities that we were looking for.
Making money with sheep by Krider, Connie / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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