A NOVEL PROPOSITION.
Proposed Sheep Exhibition In ' 'Wellington. (by telegraph.) (united press association.) Napier, January 29. A proposition made by the Hoi). Matthew Holmes, Mr J,. B. Reid, and other Lincoln sheep breeders, now m Napier attending the^-am fair, is that a colonial exhibition of Lincoln rams and ewes should be held m Wellington about October next, for a sweepstakes of LIOO, is likely to be warmly taken up by leading breeders m both islands. ; The conditions proposed are that no: artificially fed, housed, or clothed sheep shall be allowed to compete, but hay or roots may be allowed. The proposal, it i* believed, will meet with general approval as a standard test of sheep on their best merits, particularly as the various pastoral societies of the colony will be asked tp appoint the judges. The exhibition may be likely to extend to other descriptions ofotoek besides Lincolns. In fact thero is a probability of a grand central show.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 53, 31 January 1884, Page 3
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159A NOVEL PROPOSITION. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 53, 31 January 1884, Page 3
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