SHEEP FOR EXPORT.

Shannon News, 20 November 1923, Page 4

SHEEP FOR EXPORT.

PUREBRED ROMNEY MARSH FOR BUENOS AIRES;

puce it has been tj£t class stud stbcfe and overseas buyers a?e not now to but are beginning to r^ealxse S^'good : some cases better stock carv be pro cured in this country. In W*W£S this applies to New Romney Marsh sheep. New.Zeala«? owes it start to theEnghsh V™*™ and 'by careful selection from that New- Zealand, has succeeded tn its Romneys.to sucl.an itent P that;RomneyMarsh ; sheeph,re can now compete more than favour Sly with the English. This especialy StfUra to the wox>l which, thanks to oSfclLiatic conditions, surpasses the English in. Quality. The, breeds here have also made a special ppmt of Lowing Wo6i on/the sheep wherever wool can grow and, consequently, Sey now have sheep particularly well covered from head to toe. - . Messrs Abraham and. Williams Ltd were: fortunate in; securing from Mr 7a Mitchell, of Longburn, Palmerston North, 3 2-tooth Romney Rams. These sheep are of the highest quaMy being low-set, neat sheep with plenty of bone, particularly well wool of'excelleht quality Mr MitcheU has had great ;success, at the Shows and once more. at : our Manawatu, and West Coast Show, which , was, . heki here a week ago, he secured Ist, 2nd and 3rd in shorn Ram Hogge£;»d 3rd in single Ram Hogget the wobli in the class for sheep shown under natural conditions. He ■_ also secured Ist and 3rd for wool at the same show, the fleeces showing excel-, S quality and weight,, the heaviest turning/the scales at 211bs. . Messrs. Abraham and , Williams, Ltd, were also successful in purchasing 3 2-tooth Rompey stud rams from Messrs. Voss Bros., of Karere, Palmerston North. These were a, very nice line and reflect great credit on the breeders, bein :? particularly well woolled, with good bone, plenty of type' and character and good bodies Messrs. Voss Bros.'s flock is old and well; established, as it was taken over 'by them from their father, Mr.M

Voss (now deceased;, en old ana Popular breeder. They also have b«en particularly at the Manawatu Show just held and havs won the* .following prizes for rams shown u-der natural conditions:— Champion for Ilomiu-y ram: *irst. prize for Romney r:un under *J rr-nths; first prize, for Romncy ram o\er 30 months, shorn; first pme for pen of four ram hoggets; second prize for pen of two ram hoggets; third prize for ram over 30 months. For ewe classes they received: —Reserve champion for Romney

ewe: First Prize for ewe under <SO months with ram at foot; second prizes for tewe over 30 months with ewe at foot; third prize for ewe over 30 months with ewe at foot. Thfe three rams which have just been exported were the pick. of Messrs. Voss Bros.'s rams in the ; wool and, ■out-of'those remaining Messrs. Voss Bros., succeeded in securing first prize for four ram hoggets and second prize with pair. Consequently, the sheep exported must have done remarkably well: if entered at our show here. These sheep have just been shipped to Buenos Ayres. The shipping agents were Messrs. Wright, Stephenson'and Co., f Ltd-, Wellington*. ;_ l