THE MOST VALUABLE SHEEP IN THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8494, 25 July 1907, Page 7

THE MOST VALUABLE SHEEP IN THE WORLD.

1,450 GUINEAS FOR A RAM. Undoubtedly it is a matter of the greatest importance to pastoralists to know exactly where the most valuable sheep in existence are, by whom they were bred, by whom owned, and the methods practised to bring them to perfection. So far as can be ascertained by actual sales made, the most valuable sheep living to-day are as under, viz.:— 1. The Derby champion Lincoln ram bred by Mr Henry Dudding, of Riby Grove, England, and sold by him, as a two-tooth, in July of last year to Mr F. Milbr. of Buenos Ayres.for the splendid price of 1,450 guineas, this being the highest figure ever paid for a longwool sheep. ' 2, The famous merino two-year-1 old ram Donald Dinnie, bred to MiThomas Millear, of Peniliquin. Stud Park, Deniliquin, New South Wales, and sold by him recently to the proprietors of Canovvie Estate, South ] Australia, for the handsome sum of 1,200 guineas, the highest price paid for a merino ram within the last decade. 3. One of Mr John S. Horsfall's champion merino rams, bred by him on his famous Widigewa Estate in New South Wales, and sold recently to a South American buyer for the long price of 1,000 guineas. 4. One of the same breeder's champion merino ewes, sold same time as the ram, to go to South America, for 200 guineas, this being the highest price ever paid for a female sheep. It will also no doubt be of special interest to every flock-owner to note Triat all the valuable sheep just referred to above come from flocks on which Quibell's Dips are regularly used; and the owners of them and their managers are among those who speak in highest terms of the --merits of these up-to-date preparations as valuable aids for exterminating all parasitic filth which infect sheep and for producing a fleece of wool of the highest possible Quality according to breed.