NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES.
vTho present seam has provea a very-good ono for sheep farmers in tho New' Plymouth district (states our' 'corrosnondtotflk s-'lftl (Ho courso of conversation at Eltham witholiojof Messrs. Christoffol Bros.)-a'reportercjfia"in-formed that their lambing ljercehtago wab 100, and the losses afterwards worb 'Marcely 10 per. cent. • Their particular .iveakriess ; is .. for Lincolns, of which: they-liiivb a .' flock of over 100, besides c'rbss-bredsi-Their • wool "is heavy and short,'/and' 151b.'/weight has bobn removed from a full ; growii evve,. whilst 241b, has been scoured fronl .a tyiic'oln , ram, which, at an- av'erago price of' 9d. .'per ; lb., 1 represents a tidy sum at'shearing. V, 1 ' - Tho scarcity of .shearers has'been seripusly felt in tho industry. Touching, oil tha several breeds of sheep';-Sir'. Christoffel said' his experience was that 'Down- lamb? , were best beforo weaning, but', apart:' from that,. the ' Border Leicester were best, ; coming-to maturity mora quickly, and being much mora hardy. . Tho; best breed for the Taranaki climato was'a Itomnoy-Lincoln, cross. ." ••■ ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 2
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