TWO LAMBINGS PER ANNUM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 3

TWO LAMBINGS PER ANNUM.

S ARE DORSET . HORN SHEEP DOG- : ,' . " PROOF ? A "New Zealihd Subscriber" has written to. the "Farmer and Stock Breeder" (England) asfollowS:— "Sir,—Could you kindly give me, through the" columns'of'your valued paper, . 'F. 'and S.,' any information regarding following. "I am interested in. Dorset Horn ; sheep, and 'as there ere none of the' breed in New Zealand, I ' wculd be thankful' for. information - from one who knows them. 'I : think that,'from'whit I ran'gather, tliey.wo.uld be likely , to'tako here; for several reasons. I bave read somewhere that on account Of: their •horns they are absolutely, proof against dogworrying. If ■ that is so, it would be : a great recommendation to them in many parts nore. I v/onld very,much like to know if_ this is really., tho case.. - I-have heard of their proli-: ficacy and fno wool. ■"I havo .vritten ' to. the. secretary, of .-.the Dorset Horn Breeders!' Association for information regarding cost, etc:, in England. "I. may siato .that I am a breeder of registered Roiiiney sheep here,, and'a subscriberto yoiir paper. I am ; near a town, and all fiockowners hero suffer greatly fr'om dogs,' which makes nie anxious about what I have heard regarding Dorset,. Horns in such a case.-—I am, etc., .':■. , "NPV ZEALAND,SUBSCRIBER." To this letter the editor of the "Farmer .arid Stock-Breeder" replied as follows"We havo not heard that the Dorset Horn is proof against deg-worrying, but-horned sheep aro at an-advantage in this respect. The Dorset Horn is famed for: producing the earliest lamb in -Eigland, and the ewes aro such good mothers tlat they are capable of carying two crop of lambs in one year."