TIPUA FLOCK NO. 26.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 21

TIPUA FLOCK NO. 26.

J SOME NOTED ROMNEYS, ;| ■•..'■ A SUCCESSFUL YOUNG NEW ZEA- <>••■: LANDER. ; ; FINE PRIZE-WINNING RECORD. ■ Mt, -6. E.. Allen, whose name lias ■ i figured prominently in agricultural and '■ ipastoral show prize lists, is another of tho young Now. Zealandor. Roronoy ■;. ■ ieheep. breeders .who ■is making a ; suci; cessfuL scientific study 'of tho. busi- -.;; Jiess." •■ His well-kept farm, Vof some ':'■' 700 acres,- crosses the' railway line, just , , lEoutli of; tha new Wellington Farmers' ,'; Moat Company's freezing works, near ' ! • " Masterton,,'and almost opposite tho ;.; well-known Penrose farm of Mr." "W. .; Perry. Although Mr. Allen only in- ,: aTiguratedi . his stud, in 1007, ho has ... .had. experience with Romney 'sheep ji -sinco his. childhood. His father, Mr. ■; ,W. B. Allen, of Deahvocd, , Taratahi, \\'- was.'for years ono of the-most prominv entvßomnoy Marsh sbeepbreoders ( in ;.. >New' : Zealand,, and, .in fact, ■ ho was,

with Mr. A. .Matthews, one of the-; first .;4o start pa. systematic Hues, in the North.lsland. Mr. Allen, seiir'., purchased his first sheep from Mr. H. /Campbell, of .'Wainui-o-mata, who had previously .bought from ,Mr H. Lutt3am, : the one-time well-known Lower ■Hut*' breeder. Mr. Allen's ,stud was Btarted by the transfer of 208-ewes, 89 *w lambs and rams from 'the studs of ■'Messrs. A.'Matthews, : P. : -Mungavin; and W. B. Allen. "Amongst tho rams -ivere Duke of Kent II and Porirua I. Jtfiv Allen made up his mind tp go in % plenty of bulk, length of shape and i~g, and he records with.. pleasurethat it .was from Mr. Mungavin's ram,> a?orir.ua;,l,..that.he. got tho strain, of Lvool which lie wanted, ~ : ■ i' - ■: ,f Ram, This ram was mated with' some Duke.ewes, and produced such .sheep as Elpt and Pioneer, "which have-subse-quently been Mr. Allen's leading stud .rit'ms. Pioneer had a most successful iron, before being eventually . sold to GUr. A. V. Collins, of Hawke's'Bay, for guineas. Mr. Collins thought vcry ; . highly of .this ram, so much -.so i)hat ho admitted afterwards that he would havo given 250 -guineas rather ,t!ban lose the ; annual. ■ That -his 'judgment 'was not misplaced is shown, by-the fact that, in his first season, Pioneer produced 170 limbs from HO ewes. Ho was a ram!.of good cori.stitution,' good r frame, and was well wo'olled.' Mr.' Allen still has a number of his stock; amongst them being Uniform. -The 1910 hoggets, which had such a successful run at the. Hastings and*Gisborne shows, were sired by Uniform and Pilot, and" these are now .'being shown to-day (November 26) at .'Auckland. , •••■'.

his wool; length of staple, soundness, crirnpincss, .abundance .of ■ character, and■'density, and his record of between ten and clevon inches for thirteen months' growth of wool drew much .commendation amongst other New. Zealand breedors:. Tho sires of 1009 were Pioneer, , Pilot, The Duke, Balmoral, Pori'rua IV, aud Waiorongomai, while there ..wore- then 270 ewes and 60 shearlings.'-'■ The flock t now comprises 400 ewes, '180 ewe hoggets,; 160 ram hoggets, while the. principal rams, arc- Uniform, Pilot, aud Signal, a son of Pilot.; ■'■•; ' . . :

Mr. Allen is a progressive ■ farmer, and, by cultivation and industry, and tiro planting of trees, ho has improved his property almost'beyond recognition. In the- 700 acres there- are 27 paddocks, and 150 acres 'are sown iiv'rape, oats, and' swede turnips. In addition, Mr.' Allen has planted 1000 ' trees. The climate of Taratahi is well adapted' for tho breeding of almost any sheep, .the pastures on Mr.-Allen's property being especially good for wool .producing, while; tho ■■lime-strewn areas provide tho requisites for bone' and. constitution. With tho. caro and attention .which Mr. Allen lavishes on his sheep, the Tipua stud, is likeiy t-y essupy a still more prominent pos&toir in tho history of Romney Marsh . sheep-breed-ing in Now Zealand. • • ■ •