SHEEP FOR S AFRICA

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 19

SHEEP FOR S AFRICA

N.Z. Border Leicesters Following on the export in 1934 of a aumber of Border Leicester sheep to South Africa,'a further order has been received for a number of ewes and ;ams with which to form a small select stud of Border Leicester sheep. This order was received by the' stud stock •department of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., who were responsible for the previous shiptnent, and is being shipped on accounlf of Colonel E. L. Popham, a prominent breeder of Natal. Colonel Popham, who puTchased a humber of sheep from the 1934 shipment, When placing his order stipulated that any animals selected must be high-quality sheep showing plenty of constitution and charaeter. With these specifications in view the company's South Island stud stock officer visited many studs in the Otago and Southland districts where the bulk of the Dominion 's Leicester studs are, and finally selected a number of sheep from the wellknown flosk of Mr. James A, Edwards of Otikerama, Gore. The consignment comprising twenty shearling stud ewes, four stud shearling rams and two special rams. was shipped from Wellington by the Wanganella on 1 Tkursday last and will be transhipped at Sydney1 into the Autolycus for the final stage bf the. journey to Durban. The twenty ewes forwarded are the pick of Mr. Edwards 1 last season 's drop md together w'fch the four rams were selected for their type, constitution and quality. The two special stud' rams, 91/35 and 94/35, are handsome deep- ; bodied sheep earrying quality fleeees and will doubtless do much to further the reputation of New Zealand Border Leicester sheep overseas.