HEAVY FLEECES.
of the heavy weights of the clips obtained 011 the various sheep stations con-tinue-'to ayrivo, especially , from tho AVairarapa district. : In one flock the. same number of sheep have clipped 12 per cent, more bales than' last season. ' One four-toothed ram, which was obtained-from- Mr; John'Ridwill's well-knoVviirllbniiK:y-: : (leck 5 ?Sl 'Pihiifftfe, 'is said to have' clipped' 251b.-of wool," \\;hich is a phenomenal '■ fleece,: • especially/"' : ns ■' ! 'the ram was'.;not " artificially fed. or housed; The average weight' of a ram's fleece'is about: 151b. br •161b.'f.-V"'V :,-iv ■.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 2
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86HEAVY FLEECES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 2
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