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During the period relevant to these cases, Barnes Ranches
kept its own breeding records with respect to its sheep and those
belonging to the sheep partnerships. It also issued breeding
certificates of its own for some of these sheep (Barnes
certificates).
Mr. Barnes was a limited partner in RCR #4. Randy was a
limited partner in RCR #6.
The Barnes family did not employ artificial insemination
techniques with respect to their breeding sheep until at least
1987. They began to collect and freeze semen from some of their
best rams in perhaps 1987. It was not until at least about 1988
that they began employing embryo collection and transplant
techniques with respect to some of their best ewes. No
artificial insemination techniques were ever employed with
respect to the partnership sheep that Barnes Ranches managed.
B. RCR #4's and RCR #6's Respective Bills of Sale, Promissory
Notes, Assumption Agreements, and Sharecrop Agreements
As indicated previously, the record contains only limited
transactional documentation relating to RCR #4's and RCR #6's
respective purchases of breeding sheep from Barnes Ranches.
This documentation consists of (1) a bill of sale issued by
Barnes Ranches listing the specific individual sheep sold to each
partnership, (2) a "Full Recourse Promissory Note" issued by each
partnership for its sheep, (3) an Assumption Agreement later
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