BLACK BREEDING BACK
Thirty-six ewes on a farm at View Hill, near Oxford, have all lambed, but the resulting lambs are not the usual snowy-white creatures they are all black. The owner, Miss J. M. Anderson, had expected the “odd white lamb or two” to be born to the black ewes but they were all black. One of the ewes had triplets and several others—about q third—had twins, resulting in a 133 per cent lambing return. Miss Anderson has been collecting black sheep for a number of a years so that she can use the wool for home spinning. She is breeding the black Rom-ney-cross sheep to obtain a good quality wool, suitable for spinning. The once-rejected black sheep has become sought after by home spinners in recent years and many small flocks have been established throughout North Canterbury for this purpose. What Miss Anderson is going to do with all her black sheep she is not sure, but she intends to keep some Tor replacements.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32703, 4 September 1971, Page 1
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