Prime Mutton.
Some very prime sheep were sold at the Acltlingtou market yesterday. and tlio price for the best continued tiriu throughout the sate. Tlit* best frame*! sheep were some sent; in t>y Mr-bunes Little, of All;»n----flate. Waikari. which brought I'-'s I'd a head. These sice the [irt«.<eny of crossbred rams from Jfr Littles ewe tfoek. This system of breeding was adopted i>y Mr Little some years ajjo. .•»,«<I its result h;is been highly satisfactory. The sheep make not only very tine mritt>>:r. but their wool has commanded the highest price in this market for some years past. The buck-breeding system is now btcomini: popular with number* of sheep-owners, though it was for a lettirth "f time objected tt> on the of bein.: tmni-'.c-tiotble. As a further proof of its success, the slcins of these sheep at their last sale commanded Hd a piece more than those of amy other butchers' skin-. Some three-quarter-bred wethers soM I>y the New Zealand Lm and Mercantile Agency Cotnpurvy for Mr -fohti Kurut brought «T. the highest price paid this season. They are very lar\;e-frasned sheep, not so fat or shapely >** the previous lot. but thoroughly prime mutton. Lyttelton Times.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4994, 8 June 1891, Page 4
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196Prime Mutton. Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4994, 8 June 1891, Page 4
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