THE VALUE OF SHEEP IN ENGLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1633, 21 December 1882, Page 2

THE VALUE OF SHEEP IN ENGLAND.

Tiik following reporoof the Winchester October Sheep Fair is from a Hampshire paper, kindly sent to us by Mr J. J. tiargh, Wartle. The sheep referred to were nearly all of the Hampshire Down breed : — There was about an average number penned, but the prices realised were the highest ever known. Amongst the many good lots exhibited the lambs shown by Mr (I. Jtuld (Barton Stacey) attracted general notice, exceeding in all essential points of breeding any pen of lambs ever shown at a provincial fair, and averaging the extraodinary figure of S'2a. per head on the 200 lambs. The following prizes were oflered for competition and the result was> as follows :—: — Class 1. — Vr'uc of L2"i for the best pen of wether lambs of any breed. Occupiers ot 500 acres and above to show 100 lambs, below fiOO acres 80 lambs— Air G. Judd, of Barton Stacey. A prize ot Ll5, ior the second best, Mr H. Harris, of Jateventon. A prize of LlO, for the third best, Mr G. Judd, of Barton Stacey. — Class 11.— A prize ot LlO tor the best 100 ewe lambs, ior breeding purposes, Air \V. E. Pain, of East Stratton. Ihe following prizes were given by Mr James Dear and the gentleman who hunt with his hounds to the tanners over whose land they hunt :— Class 1. — piece of plate value L2O, for the best Hampshire Down wether lambs, bred by exhibitor, Air G. Judd, of Barton Stacey ; apiece ot plate, value LlO, for the second best ditto, Messrs. Clutton, of Moor Court Farm. Class 2. — A piece of plate, value Ll5, for the best 100 lambs of any breed, bred by the exhibitor, Air G. Judd of Barton Stacey. Class 3. — A piece of plate, value Liv, for the best 100 Hampshire Down owe lambs, bred by exhibitor, MrltLync, of Compton ; a piece of plate, value LB, for the second best ditto, Mr J Young of Easton. The following prices were realised at the fair : — Fat wethers, the property of Messrs Clutton, Moor Court Farm, 76s 3d. ; wether lambs, the property "of Mr G. Judd, Barton Stacey, 84a. to 88s., average 85s. 6d., fat wether lambs, the property of Mr Woods, Warnford Park, 725. to 775., average 755. 3d. j wether lambs, the property of Mr H. Fitt, Cheriton, 65s to 695. ; wether lambs, the property of Mr H. Harris, Steventon, 77s to 80s. ; wether lambs, the property of Mr G. Judd, Barton Stacey, 77a to fat wether lambs, 61s. to 655. ; fat ewes, the property of Lord Ashburton, THftf"; Grange Farm, 49s to 645. ; choice eiKM lambs, the property of Mr Woods, Wat*' ' ford Park, 55s to 58s. j full-moutte«| ewes, the property of Mr W. M. Courtfldy^J] Barton Stacey, 65s to 68s. ; wether lambs ■ and ewe and wether lambs, the property Capt. Hewson, Ovington Park, 47s to 525.

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