DUAL-PURPOSE MERINO
' Referring to the success at the Nynga'o Demonstration b'arni in producing a dual-purpose merino, the Sydney Herald" says, that at. the- sheep show an exhibit was inade of five wethers of this class from the farm. Tho slieop were about fifteen months eld, and woro large-framod, robust animals, very well covered. They, are a plain-bodied, profitable-looking- type,, siiititblo for the western country, and meet the auditions of crossbreds that would not suit tho dry countrj. Five of these wethers, killed when twelve months old, averaged 611bs. in weight. The sheep at the show wero carrying a good iloccc, three inches long, and promising a staple of four inches for the year's growth. The wool is very evou, although coarse in quality. These sheep wore bred up from a South Australian.strain,-and a dash of AVauganella blood was introduced.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 8
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139DUAL-PURPOSE MERINO Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3143, 23 July 1917, Page 8
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