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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

24.—Cross-Bred Ewe by Down Ram

24.—Cross-Bred Ewe by Down Ram.

Deans, John, Riccarton, Canterbury.

Fleece of cross-bred hoggett by South Down ram, about 1 year and 20 clays' growth, weight 5½lbs., clean wool. Fed on English grass and a few turnips on rich land.

Grigg, John, Long Beach, Canterbury.

Fleeces of cross-bred wethers by Shropshire Down ram from half-bred ewes (Leicester and merino cross), 7lbs. weight; cross-bred wether by Shropshire Down ram from ¾-bred ewe (Lincoln and merino cross), 8¾lbs.; ditto, by Shropshire Down ram from half-bred ewe (Leicester and merino cross), 7¾lbs.; ditto, from half-bred ewes, 10½lbs. and 8lbs. Fleeces have all been skirted; 13 months' growth. Fed on English grass, on medium clay soil on gravel; turnips in winter.

Morgan, John, Wanganui.

Two hoggett fleeces, 14 months' growth, fed on English grass in good agricultural country, ewe well bred Lincoln, ram Hampshire Down.