SHEEP INDUSTRY.
CONFERENCE OF BREEDERS. BIG SHOW OF PEDIGREE STOCK. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received July 8, 10.45 a.m. LONDON, July 7. Forty-five overseas delegates attended the international conference oi sheepbreeders at Chester. The principal feature was an address by Professor Barber, of Leeds Lniversity, on the subject of English wools and their uses. In the course of this address he criticised the tendency among British breeders to breed for mutton instead of wool. Captain Michnelian stated that Smithfield butchers commented favourably on ■South African mutton. He added that lie intended to encourage his fellow farmers to cross Suffolk sheep from England with indigenous sheep, for which purpose large purchases were to be made at the forthcoming sales. ROYAL SHOW. There i s a record gathering of buyers at present in Chester in readiness for the forthcoming Ro.vaJ Show, at which the finest collection of pedigree sheep in the world will, it is reported, be shown. —Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 July 1925, Page 7
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