NOTED LINCOLN BREEDER
DEATH OF MR. D. BISHELL LOCAL BODY SERVICE (Per Press Association.) BLENHEIM, this day. The death occurred on Saturday of Mr. David Bishell, aged 90, a pioneer agriculturist and stud sheep breeder. Coming to Marlborough 66 years ago from Ca.vthorpe, Lincolnshire, he established the well-known Lincoln stud on a property which was named after his native village. He also bred Romneys and Southdown? but the stud's principal success has been with Lincolns. Several sheep of this breed have been recently acquired for an English breeder in the county in which they originated. Besides a long record of service on local bodies, Mr. Bishell claimed to be the first farmer in New Zealand *o grow clover for the extraction of seed, thus laying the foundation of the province’s small seeds industry.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 12
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133NOTED LINCOLN BREEDER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 18 September 1939, Page 12
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