A DISTINGUISHED MERINO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 10

A DISTINGUISHED MERINO.

■The 'following■" paragraph from", the "Pas-; toralists', B'evie\ir" mil: show .tho' ; kind of' periornlance, which' j a ' great merino' sheep : can lay '■claim , also-the manner in" which the Australians ■ measure meritvin' a/ram , :— : : ■•,'. Millear's high-priced ram, it /will bejremombe're'd', was sold for* 1350 guineas at the time pf,th'o last Melbourne ram sales ,tb the executors of the late Sir^W , , l.Clarko for the Cobrdn' , Estate stud, Deniliquin. Sir William, like Donald Dinnie, who wds.i sold some three. years ago > to: the: Cariowio Estate, South 'Australia, !! Jor',l2oo guineas;, was" , -bred'.at Mr. Miilear's'peniliqiiin Stud Park Estate, "in the : Riverina,i-tlie' stookj.there -being, as \ is. generally known; all'pur.e'Wanganella b100d..: ; : ' :; ''The' stock-getting' powers of Donald ■ Dinnie .Have: been.remarkable;, as '.the following' liotes will show.'. At Deniliquin' Stud Park, .in 1 the 'spring of: 1900, Donald: Dinhio: ran' in 'open paddock (and without being;'yarded)-with.' 200 owes for thirteen days,; and as| a: result 51 lambs'we're-'dropped-to ahim;- , .;'. .- , '..-. ; ■: ; : "Following this., performance, "'Mr. ,'A. J. M'Donald;.-manager of Canoivie Estate,'- 1 writes :,as: follows:—' At.;.Canowie; 'in. .January ''and Februiiry,ili'l'7, he serye'd. 02 ewes,, and in June and July- Gl lambs' were dropped, • including five 'pairs, of twins..: On Pctober 15, '1907, and ten , , weeks following he served '193 -ewes,' including '21':li-year-old.'inaidens,,;resulting in 192 lambs -being dropped, including H pairs : 6f"twins.;" Hβ weighed 2581b.; and:cut'33JlU.," a bright, lustrous fleece of .beautiful character. On October 15, 1908; and eight weeks' following lie served 196 ewes,. 46 of which'were, maidons, I resulting iu 193' : lambs being dropped, including ;15'pairs of twins.'He Weighed 2481b.; "rind cut 33»1b.0f wool, a fleece similar to tho ;last.Vf;v'y'".'•".'■ '''--y-'. ' ':'' ""