SHEEP FOR ARGENTINE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 166, 31 July 1937, Page 17

SHEEP FOR ARGENTINE

Consignments from NZ. Following on his recent success in the South American sheep markets, the well-known Masterton sheep breedert Mr Wm. Eayncr, is again forwarding a number of high-class fctud sheep to the Argentine and Uruguay for sale by public auction. These sheep, together with a number of stud Lincoln rams being consiigned by Mr L. 1?. Wilton, "Rangitumau," Masterton, are 'being shipped from Wellington by the Huntingdon thro.ugh the stud 6tock dcpartmeut of the New Zealand Loau and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. The sheep being forwardod by Mr Wilton are all two-shear sheep, low-set and carrying quality fleeces of typical Lincoln wool. They are being shipped to Buenos Aires and should meet with a ready demand at the saies to be hold thero in August. Mr William Rayner's consignment this year iucludos Lincoln, Romney i Marsh and Corriedale sheep and a number of each breed are being forwarded to Montevideo as well as Buenos Aires. This well-known breeder has an estabIished reputation • in the Arghntme as a studinaster and his sheep alway^ command a ready sale. Included in tho sheep being shipped by this vessel is a stud Corriedale ram hogget bred by tho Australian and New Zealand Land Company, "Moeraki Estate," Hampden, Otago, and destined for the Argentine. The stud Romnfcy Marsh ram hogget selected and purchased by the company 's experts from Mr J. G. Alexander, of Maxwell, at a record price, on belialf of one of .tho foremost breeders in Uruguay, is also being shi^jpcd with this consignment.