As a proof of what has been done by forty years of careful “ breeding," writes the South African Register, “ the Booborowie flock of pure merino sheep has this year given the following results : 51,705 grown sheep averaged 91b 15foz of wool per head ; 15,509 lambs averaged 31b lloz per head, being a general average on 67,214 sheep shorn, including lambs, of 81b Bfoz per head." The codlin moth is very prevalent in the Hawke’s Bay district, tons of apricots and annles being ruined bv the EfiflLUlig
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1250, 13 February 1896, Page 6
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