STUD RAM IMPORTED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 5, 7 January 1938, Page 4

STUD RAM IMPORTED.

SOUTHDOWN FOR MANAWATU. A hig;i qua.ity shea: ,:ng ram from England has just been ;and--d -'oi I Mi. ,T. H. S'a k's ►tud at Manak'iu. ; Manawatu. ram has been in quaiau- | tine for three months in Au.-tiaha. and ai lived in Wellington id excellent con- • dhi?n. |_ The ram. Aldenham ->S4 of 1936. -n as i t bled by IMr. .L.h'i J'ieipont Jl.i-gau. -Aldenuam. W attoi <1. England, and was sel-.ted by Mr. Sid Bo i«. who was for a : number of > e.->; > ;j> c.f Messi -. ; , Kliis Bit*'. Kiiiei mnri'i St ml. at Bull*. 1 1 It i« a ram <-~\ jrreat >nzth with a i-:ronc 1 , stidight oak. iinisli:ng j'artunearly wei; I at the tali end with great hams well i*t I down. It has a good head with nicely covered eais and a bold eye. and stands ; on wel] set L>c>iie and j is covered with a quality fleece of wool j of tiue Southdown chaiatter. and l as a | mellow pink skin. Ksperts consider that 'Mr. Sla'k can look forward with c-on-jridence to the prog.my of his new im--1 portation when it is mated with hii high class ewc-s. i PEDIGREE PIGS IMPORTED. i The shipment of .'our high qua ity i Bei ksm: e ?:«ws. x*hich anived in Welling- ; | ton by the Kainiara from Montreal. : ; Canada, on January L shows that New | {Zealand pig breedeis iccogtr.se the need! • :or new blood. ! Two of sow~. WcKxlburn Rose ■ J Belle 21p. and WcK-db i; .1 R.>-a Belle 23p. aie an addition to Mr. Geo. Janneson'.stud at Horotiu. Waikato. and were bred by Messis. E. Bnen and Sons, oi Ri/lge-tov.-n. Ontaiio. Wocl burn Rose B-'-lle 21n 177754 1 has been imported to the order . of Mr. A. M. O'Sullivac. of Cardiff. Tara- j naki. She is a sow of great size and . wonderful quality, havi-ig a well laid in | shoulder with a splendid deep, even side { and particularly well tilled in hams. She ! has a fine, well shaped head, clean at the ! jowl and was also bred by Messrs. E. | Brien and Sons. The fourth sow. Lodge Lady j 45p, is for Mr. R. E. rieldhouse. Kongo- i tea. Palmerston Nc>rth. This sow. which lis just twelve months old. was bred by 1 I Mr. P. -T. McEwen. V."yominp. Ontario.] ; All these sows were mated to top sires before shipment, and their j>roseny should , be in keen demand amongst the breedeis j lin New Zealand. ;