Stud Sheep.

Manawatu Herald, 27 September 1892, Page 2

Stud Sheep.

The Hobart Mercury of the 16th ,:;: instant refers as follows ;to a quantity, \AL of stud stock brought out by* the. f ; Coptic by a well-known Manawafcta j u settler :— By the s.s. Coptic, .wbioh;!;^ arrived here yesterday, Mr Robert j>. Cohb, of Raukawa, Pahrwrafcon.- ■ . North, New Zealand, is bringing^' some Cotswold and Romney Marsh to rams and ewes, which he (has us; selected out of no less than 80 of the i; ; . best English ! flocks, after a i mosfc .'n careful examination. The^Ronniay/j Marsh sheep, Doric und Coptic, are imported for the purpose: of improy* .(= ing Mr Cobb's well-known floeksv.i;; The Cotswolds are for Mr Davidson, ■ of Levin, Manawatu, New: Zealand, j who hopes to. establish this breed in u> that district. The two ram hoggets v.<, are of enormous size, and itiseems. j scarcely credible they ' are 6nly .: i!6 ; ;: months old. These animals, with . the ewes, were selected, without considering expense, from the flocks of > Mr Garner, of Northbeach, on . ; the .< i - Cotswold Hills. For the past few years Mr Garner has carried all before him for rams and ram' hoggets . at the R. A. shows of England. Mr . Cobb's Rcmney Marsh sheep are evidently the result of a i selection .. based upon the experience- of n number of years. In tw6 ofth*: Cotswold rams, Buffalo Bill and Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay, will be found ■ weight, substance, evenness of fleece, . and symmetry combined in such & manner as is somewhat foreign to , English sheep-breeders, who it. is . known consider mutton of paramount importance. The rest of the sheepare fine specimens of their class. The rough weather and privations , inseparable from a sea voyage: had little effect on the animals, which may be taken as an evidenoe of their strong constitution. Some Pekin duoks accompany the sheep; They were prize-takers at the Highland Agricultural Association*