Stud Sheep Shipment For South America

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30975, 3 February 1966, Page 1

Stud Sheep Shipment For South America

Thirty-nine stud Romney and Corriedale rams and 26 stud Romney and Corriedale ewes are due to g<| aboard the Argentinian Reefer at Lyttelton ; today for Buenos Aires in ' the Argentine. Some of the Romney rams were purchased by Mr J. F. Morroghbemard, an Argentinian buyer, at the recent Feilding ram fair and he has also selected the other sheep in the consignment which are going to South American buyers. The total consignment is likely to be of a five figure value.

Thirty-seven of the rams and all of the ewes are being shipped by arrangement of Wright Stephenson and Company, Ltd. These included 35 Romney rams and two Corriedale rams and 22 Romney ewes and four Corriedale Among these sheep are 24 Romney stud rams and six Romney stud ewes from A. L. Wheeler, Leedstown, Marton; three Romney stud rams from

White Brothers, Tiger Hill, Omakau: three Romney stud rams from D. H. Robertson, Merrydowns, Gore; four Romney stud rams and six Romney stud ewes from Brown j Brothers, Bankhead stud, I Feilding: one Romney stud ram from G. Craine, Nikau stud, Feilding; sfk Romney stud ewes from J. D. and W. T. Robertson, Merryvale stud, Gore; four Romney stud ewes from R. Marshall, Tutu Totara, Marton; two Corriedale stud rams from the estate H. T. Little, Hui Hui, Hawarden: and four Corriedale stud ewes from the Bushey Park estate, Palmerston. Two stud Romney rams are also being sent under arrangement of Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd. The sheep will travel on deck in export crates. They will eat special concentrate fodder. During the voyage, expected to take about 20 days, they will be looked after by Mr A. D. G. Ross, who has been working in the North Island and will be returning home to the Argentine.