A Curiosity in Wool
'' he following is from the Border Watch, a South Australian newspaper: -" From Mr D Mcßain, of Mount Benson, we have a sample ot wool taken from a fl-ece winch hart the striking: peculiarity of beiritf grown iv alternate lengths of black and white. Mr Mcßain ►ays : — ' Hy this mail I am sending you a parcel ot wool showing the growth in black and white lines. It is the first of the kind that I have m^t with arui may be of some intere-t to your readers The sheep that tb fleece came off was bred on the Wiiin«»tt Mati<«n. near Kingston, and is abmit six-yesir-oic — a wether.' The w>ol is a curilusity. __^___^______
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 19, 16 February 1884, Page 3
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116A Curiosity in Wool Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 19, 16 February 1884, Page 3
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