SHEEP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 February 1939, Page 3

SHEEP

(Continued from page 6.) SOUTHDOWN (Natural Condition). (Judge: Mr A. MacLeod, Feilding). Ram lamb: A. H. Falloon (Masterton), 1 and 2; Gordon S. McLeod (Martinborough), 3; W. F .McLaren (Masterton), 4 and 5. Ram 12-21 mths.: R. M. Perry (Masterton), 1 and 3; Sir William Perry (Masterton), 2. Two rams, one-sheer: William Rayner (Masterton), 1; N. H. McLachlan (Rangitumau), 2. Ram 21-33 mths.: R. M. Perry, 1 ana ch. and 2 and res. ch.; A. H. Falloon. 3. Ram over 33 mths.: William Rayner, 1; A. H. Falloon. 2; N. H. McLachlan, 3. Ewe lamb: Colin Stead (Martinborough), 1 and 5; W. F. McLaren, 2; A. H. Falloon, 3; W. Rayner, 4. Ewe, one-shear: Colin McLeod,, 1 and res. ch.; A. H. Falloon, 2; L. A. Keats (Mt. Bruce), 3; W. Rayner, 4. Ewe, two-shears and over: Arthur L. Wheeler (Marton). 1 and ch. and 2; L. A. Keats, 3; R. F. R. Beetham (Brancepeth), 4. Two ewes, 12-21 mths.: W. Rayner, 1. Ram, suitable for breeding fat lambs: Gordon S. McLeod, 1; Alan Keir (Masterton), 2 and 3. Group: L."A. Keats, 1; E. L. Rayner, 2. FREEZING SHEEP. (Judge: Mr K. W. Deighton, Marton). Three long wool or long wool cross maiden ewes, or wethers under 21 mths.: Wairarapa Training Farm (East Taratahi), 1 and 3; W. Howard Booth (Carterton), 2. Three Down-long wool cross wethers or maiden ewes under 21 mths.: W. F. McLaren (Masterton), 1; Wairarapa Training Farm, 2; W. Howard Booth, 3. Three Down-long wool cross lambs (shorn), any sex. 42-601 b.: W. F. McLaren, 1 and 2; Wairarapa Training Farm, 3. Three tegs, Down-long wool cross (in wool), over 42-601 b. freezing weight: IV. F. McLaren, 1 and ch. and 2; G. Harvey (Rangitumau), 3. Three Down-long wool cross lambs in wool, under 421 b. freezing weight: Wairarapa Training Farm, 1; Sir William Perry, 2; Neil McKay and Sons (Gladstone), 3. Three Down-long, cross lambs as above, for members of Young Farmers' Club: K. J. Barker (Masterton), 1; Don McGregor (Masterton), 2. Three Down-long wool cross lambs in wool, under 361 b. freezing weight: Neil McKay and Sons, lpSir William Perry, 2; H. Evans (Masterton), 3. Three long wool or cross lambs in wool, for freezing: AV. Howard Booth, 1; J. F. Sadler (Carterton), 2. The judge of the freezing classes, Mr K. W. Deighton, said the sheep were an exceptionally fine lot and he found it a difficult task to separate the prizewinners. The classes, he said, included some, of the best lambs he had ever judged.