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25.—Cross-bred Ewes by Long Wool Ram.

Blair, D. & W., Wanganui.

Fleeces of cross-bred ewes, 7/8 Lincoln, ½ Merino, by Lincoln ram :—Four ewe fleeces 342 days' growth; two hoggetts, 426 days' growth; lambs, 152 days' growth. Fed on English grass on nearly level country.

Buchanan, W. C., Wairarapa, Wellington.

Two fleeces, hoggett 13 months' growth, weight 10lbs.; wether 11 months' growth, weight 12lbs.; got by Lincoln ram. Sheep fed on English grass on limestone soil.

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

Three fleeces.

Tancred, H. G., Ponatahi, Wairarapa, Wellington.

Fleeces of 8-tooth wether, four years old, 12 months' growth, weight 8lbs. 10z., got by pure Cotswold ram. Fleece of dry 6-tooth ewe, 3 years old, weight 5½lbs., 12 months' growth. Fed on native grass.