SHEEP DESTROYED.
A day or two ago a farmer in the neighbourhood of Timaru turned a flock of some three hundred sheep into a paddock, in which there was a large quantity of sorrel. Eighteen hours aftei the sheep had been placed in the field, the owner visited the flock, and found to his vexation and astonishment no less than forty of the number lying dead, and some fourscore or so of the others in extremis. By dint of bleeding, seventy of the latter were saved. Eating of the sorrel is supposed to have been the cause of death. But we should doubt it, as we never heard of sorrel being deadly to sheep, and suspect the clover as being the cause of the mischief, knowing of cases where sheep being turned into rich clover paid the death penalty, being" hoved" by over-eating the rich succulent food. Sorrel or clover, it is a fit subject for a paper to the Pastoral Association, and if one was well written it would prove interesting and useful to many a farmer and grazier in the district,—Timaru Herald.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 934, 25 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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184SHEEP DESTROYED. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 934, 25 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)
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