THE WIDGIEYFA MERINOS* LATEST SUCCESSES... • Advices just to .baud from Australia ! stato : that Mr. John S. llorsfull has I gained what' is perhaps the most sweeping show-ring victory ever.gained by i an individual pastqralist with his ex- < hibits of merino sheep at the recent Wagga Wagga show. He' sent in 32 < slieepefoi- exhibition, and the honours . won were as follows, viz. :— All the four Championships. I All the 18 iirst prizes, i Thirteen'second prizes. .. ! And one third prize, The above is absolutely the maximum I honours which could bo possibly bo won ' by the number of sheep sent in for •- exhibition, and speaks volumes for. the perfectioil to which the Widgiewa'shcep ' have been brought, • The Wagga Wagga sheep show ranks '. among the foremost in Australasia, and I is open to the best.' ' ' i It will be remembered that after con- i ducting the, most searching tests with i the best-known dipping preparations j now on the market, all have Jbeen dis- ! carded except Quibell's, which alono is j now used on Mi', Uorsfall's extensive properties, from .whence about 4000 i bales of wool are shipped to London 1 annually, where it always conih'.andfi I ton uricaa. 5218 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 5 October 1907, Page 2
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