STUD SHEEP.

Wairarapa Age, 7 February 1927, Page 7

STUD SHEEP.

EXPORT OF VALUABLE ROMNEYS. By the s.s. Manuka which left Wellington for Sydney on February 4, Dalgety and Co., Ltd., shipped a very valuable consignment of Romney Marsh sheep to Australia for Mr. A. F. Carr, Chatsbury, Goulburn, New South Wales. The consignment comprised the 2-th ram that was sold on account of Mr. E. E. »Short by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., at the record price for New Zealand of 600 guineas, also 50 specially selected aged ewes, and 1 2-th ewe from the far-famed Parorangi flock. Mr. Carr visited New Zealand early in January 1925, on the lookout for a stud Romney ram, and selected a sheep from the Parorangi flock, which was among the number to be sold by auction, but as he could not stay in New Zealand for the sale, he placed a buying order, but failed to secure the sheep he had chosen. He then left the selection of a ram in the hands of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Feilding, and a 2-th ram, “No 129,“ was bought on January 21 1925, from the flock of E. E. Short at 130 guineas, and this ram took first and reserve champion at the Feilding show in February, and was then shipped straight to Sydney. Mr. Carr showed this ram in Melbourne and secured first prize, and at the Sydney Royal Show in 1926, he took first and champion. Further purchases were made on behalf of Mr. Carr from E. E. Short, these being, 1 2-th Romney ram, “No 29,“ at 200 guineas (first prize Sydney, in shorn class), 3 ewes at 25 guineas (one of which took first prize at Sydney), 1 ram lamb at 100 guineas, 1 ewe lamb at 25 guineas, and in October 1926 j 1 2-th ram at 250 guineas. Mr. Carr again visited New Zealand in January and' made the purchases which were sent forward on February 4.

The Australian trade for New Zealand Romneys is undoubtedly of great benefit to breeders, and is clearly demonstrated by the above.