8.—Border Leicester

Deans, John, Riccarton, Canterbury.

Fleece of border Leicester ram hoggett, weight 13½lbs., and of border Leicester ewe hoggett, 10lbs., about one year and 95 days' growth. Fed on English grass, and a few turnips in winter, on rich land.

Ivey, W. E., Director of School of Agriculture, Lincoln, Canterbury,

Three border Leicester fleeces.

Reid, John, Oamaru, Otago.

Fleeces of border Leicester ewe hoggett, 11lbs., and of border Leicester ram hoggett, 11½lbs., both of 14 months' growth. Fed on English grass, on undulating limestone land.