SOIL INFLUENCE ON WOOL.
;■■> -."'•■ —*—__■ ■'..'"'•■-,■•■' • Tho important., effect - 1 through soil is shown in the following Uetails of- an-experiment "made recently" ■by a well-kno\yn-Wairarapa sheepowner : -?SS> sp ?f lah6es in freezers. A flock of i 4000 - Rcmney-Liucoln ,wethers were dratted into two seperate mobs of etiual.numbers, with no special selection. ■-■ One mob was sent on to limestono country, tho other was depastured on rubble and broken lands, with a somewhat sweet pasture. The two. mobs were shorn this. season, when it was found that the woolof- each was generally of an entirely different character. The wool from tlie -'.limestone country was of a stronj harsh nature,' whild that from tliomibblo was of fine' silky'' texture,, and of much superior'■ quality.' . Mr. AV. Perry, the well* known Penrose breecler, has made : similar experiments with similar re-, that he has found that ■ his silkiest wool was produced from more clayey pastures than that of lime'- ■ stone. Limestone builds up'bone.,.': ■
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 19
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156SOIL INFLUENCE ON WOOL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 19
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