BORDER LEICESTER SHEEP IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 10

BORDER LEICESTER SHEEP IN AUSTRALIA.

A QUESTION OF TYPE Tho "Argus," commenting on the Border Leiccsters. at tho Melbourno Show, says- ■ .... .. , ■•."There is nothing like having a man of ripo experience to act as judgo •where , breeders , aro.. in doubt as . t-o iiriiich--typev to follow—'the truo English orthe-:improved_(?) New Zealand. In this respect the society is to be com- - plimente<3 upon having' brought ; oyer. Sir'. Thomas S. Little, of Ngapara, Otago, New Zealand. ' The bold. man-' ' ner in which■/ he at once , declared for ; the English .type,.every time, and his thoroughly sound knowledge of his subject,; cannot fail to. strengthen /;; 'the 'lianas -.of all: breeders.; , That the awards at tho late sheepbrceders' dis- , play -were //'.ruthlessly ;; upset—unplaced ' sheep; placed in the front lank and/declared .champions hero, and . ; at>/the, former releg;ated-.;t6.; 'a', third prize here—was. no ; surprise to /thosefamiliar,,/with;/ the';;attributes/ of /the ;.true..; r ;;/|, lii/ : no:/dir'ectiqh :.waS' -this /made v more plain than - when . spectators . were shown • / what;. l ''th'e ' f proper characteristics.: of; the/Border:,'Leicester :wool were, as-compared with the• stuff habit of bowing,'^dowii./:/''The-great/character;'' brightly-defined . serration, and . even /quality of /the robust; regular, locks 'all over the carcass from shoulder to thigh ■ were -a 1 reyolationv.to . those -whose ideas us t-o what .constituted Bor-> i x-were .generally hazy. Brewers/can .now ■:got; ahoai' iwith/some degree ■} of;; cbhfidehce\'-,/iTnth/, : //the ;/full knowledge' that .they have' not .only: tho ;genuine article 1 in this State, but, in -the opinion, of- tlio judge, 'some uncominonly good, specimens .of rthat ,article."