The New. Zealand sheep-runs have been stocked chiefly, with -the Australian-Merino variety, improved through the importation of {Saxon-Merino rams from Germany. Although there is every reason for believing that the growth of long-wools will be, largely increased, tbe Merino will always occupy the chief position in.the flocks of New Zealand. The excellence of the Merino consists in the unexampled fineness and felting property of its: wool, wliich in fineness and in the number of serrations and •■curves exceeds that of any other sheep the .world produces. :
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 152, 30 August 1866, Page 2
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86Untitled Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 152, 30 August 1866, Page 2
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