AMERICAN SHEEP.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 16 October 1883, Page 2

AMERICAN SHEEP.

A correspondent of the ; Australasian Writes :~As anything? relating to the late importation of American Bheep in'Sydney may be of some'interest to a' . portion of your readers/1 will give youthe particulars of the weigHtof fleece ■ ; of one 'of the ramsl atjhe month; and; with) just a.itwelfwdritVs ■ growth" bif:woohon r .:ie:M:44lb'. of greasy,\v;dol; ;Oftihg 'having'.been ■• gi/en Wij, k\as' weight' was reducedt : started to:^coiir;'it. •'thisioperation ;'was peiformediib less , 4hah'4hrte.,timjs/ .; before I.feljb thoroughly 1 satisfied,,an/d : ■ it was carefully ; |ried in'mxven. 'Wheav'ireighe^^gab,.:it'i;tur|^tthe: ;; :sdale 1-, '' at" 101b s«£ Hhus : lostf; J abouts,..... fleece iact -instead of sotne of parts - having been given" away, I think'the loss'would nofKaVe been> m heavy, The color is still adingy white, but this is no doubt owing: to the- dairiage; bjseawater and the .dippings,'. ■ Btill "I think the result arrived'at.i».so far satisfactory as, thV wool, is- a l -strong „„• •merino sombiug-wppl,' ■ fhe ijjjm-'wfi <■• six-tooth. and -thug in h« ; aml'l' look anxiously ; forward:tO: the result of his next twelvemonth's growth of wool, The only question' about' these American;" sheep I: have not had;'so far a satisfactory- answer on is : ; How were, these slieep ; fed,..and whether;,they werehoused? • ■ '■''■'"•'■•■' >"«'■'.' "- : - -%?v;..-