ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALAND ROMNEYS.
The following; paragraph appeared in the "Farmer and.Stockbreeder 1 ' (England):— , • l .. "Breeders :of Kent or Romney Marsh sheep' at homo will bo; interested in hearing that their confreres in New Zealand, or at least : some of arrived 1 at ..the decision that; the Kent or Romney Marsh- sheep of that colony are • better than- the sheep brbd in their' native countf-y. • The only point'in which these enthusiasts admit any superiority.' of tho home-bred; sheep is "in'bone and constitution—two all-important points with- ■ out which no sheepj tao matter how good, or ■ heavy., its fleece, or finutton, or type, can be of much, value. 'On;the 'other hand, .it -may bo mentioned that Mr. E. ; Short, one' of the • most important •breetlors in tho colony, was \ a. large importer: last ■'ycar^. and expressod \ -pretty- -.clearly, his jliigli opinibn ,of his purchased : shoep. Then* there wero other-largo . ■ importers last season, Messrs. Murray, Kl- . ga.r, Wheeler, etc;;:! nono of whom would have -gone to the-,-great expense, etc.,' had the nativo Romneys' been superior to tho imported ones." . - -:.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 3
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177ENGLISH AND NEW ZEALAND ROMNEYS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 3
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