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The present study was carried on 4174 records of Kashmir Merino breed maintained at Government Sheep Breeding Farms; Kralapathri and Gowbal, Kashmir from 1997 to 2017. The mixed linear model was used for analysis with sire as a random effect and period, gender, farm, type of birth and parity as fixed effects. The averages were 0.77 ± 0.01 kg, 0.83 ± 0.01 kg, 20.41 ± 0.01 μ and 3.96 ± 0.02 cm for greasy fleece yield of first clip (GFY-1), greasy fleece yield of second clip (GFY-2), fiber diameter (FD) and staple length (SL). Highest and lowest CVs (%) were observed for GFY-2 (33.73%) and FD (2.26%), respectively. The least-squares means were 0.82 ± 0.05 kg, 0.80 ± 0.05 kg, and 3.86 ± 0.14 cm and 20.33 ± 0.05 μ for GFY-1, GFY-2, SL and FD, respectively. The sire and period of birth had significant effects while effect of birth type and dam’s parity was non-significant for all traits …