SHEEP FOR OREGON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 10

SHEEP FOR OREGON.

POSSIBLE BEGINNING OF COOD TRADE To Mr.. David Evans; till Tecently .head. / shepherd at'.the/Moumahaki Stato. Farm, belongs; tho: credit of having brought about ; the/important sale of.'a number of New Zea- '• 'and . stud sheep to/Messrs. 'W. Riddell and :■ Kons,- of. .Moninoijth, Oregon—a sale which may load ,to extensive business in the future. Tht> sheep, which; will-;: bo/sent. forward, by tho-s.'s.' iloana .next"! Friday'for Sydney, to bo there', transhipped, .. to. .the Makuri for •Vancouver, consist of .12',Ronmeyowes and one..ram: from. Mr.' E./ Short's well-known l'arorangi Hock, and ono Lincoln ram; of Mr. W. Perry's breeding, ono.of; the,, highprice, yearlings at the-last .Mast-erton fair. »: An informant who/.knows/.Messrs.' Xliddell and Sons, told a v lJoMtNiox reporter that these sheep : are . going into', splendid- hands, a? tho Riddolls. are great ''show. fitters."' These Now/ Ze'aalnd sheep' are- going to'-be exhibited at a'l' the big shows in tho: West, immediately.' they'.are available,/and also, at the. Alaska-Yukoii ; Exhibition > 'at 'Seattle, "Washington. These shows will afford a good advertisement for Messrs. Short : and :Perry, and it is to he hoped "that the sheep, will ■ arrive in good condition.. Ono..who knows tho' American graziers.' well, / says : that,. in tho purchase of pedigree, stock, nionoy is no 'object if. .they take a , fancy, to" any particular breed. ■ Moreover, the Romneys are sheep that will ' do .well', .'iri/ .tho, Westorn . States. 1 ;' Th<i Hiddells (says -jthis" informant) havo the only Hock of Romneys in North America,,-' so that 'tliey ... have, an':immens6 field- if they .'succeed in interesting the American/farmers in them. ~ " /■'"./;, /■'.