A Good Type.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 May 1911, Page 4

A Good Type.

_ fr , " Get a good type and stack to it" is a maxim which sbomld be followed by sheep men. It is difficult to attain a good type, and it is -Imrd to keep it afterwards, mit uniformity in the clip means a good deal in the saleroom. Ot'ier wise a grower has a few bates :<f good wool, and then the grade govs off and the prices range from jod to fid. for the pieces. There ftjo.ilil J be a. uniform type right • through. Buyers learn exactly wkit the w.'iol yield of a particular clip is, and are- often prepared to pay more 'or it if the type is maintained. Of course seasons cause variations. " he building up of a great fleck Impends more than anythng on itniv taining purity of blood, and what a well-known breeder .describes as " the magician's wand." selection, or the mating of sheep.—Sydney Telegraph.