The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
5.—Shropshire Down
5.—Shropshire Down.
Grigg, John, Long Beach, Canterbury.
Fleece of Shropshire Down ram, 10½lbs, and of Shropshire Down ewe, 7½lbs. (have been skirted), 13 months' growth. Fed on English grass, medium clay soil on gravel; turnips in winter.
Rowley & Hamilton, Avondale, Southland.
Three fleeces of Shropshire Down breed, ram, and ewe, 3 years' growth; hoggett of 1 years' growth. Fed on flats, on English grass.