WAIWERA.

Otago Witness, Volume 01, Issue 2123, 1 November 1894, Page 25

WAIWERA.

October 26 — A few notes on the opinions of different settlers as to the best class of sheep fof this district to suit as near as possible present requirements and prove most profitable to the breeder may be of interest. It is really remarkable the varied and different opinions one hears expressed, and all with some- show of reason. It is not an uncommon thing to find persons who can reason to their own satisfaction that theirs is really the kind to be desired, and in a bounceable sort of way even make capital out of their easier-gulled brethren. This state of affaire makes it very essential for all to attend our best shows, where- there is likely to be a display of tho different breeds and classes brought out to perfection, which must be of more real benefit than all the cheap clap-trap one so often meets with. The proposed stud book will no doubt be a good thing ; at the same time I think such a work, to be regarded as reliable, cannot be too carefully compiled. The editors should not be satisfied with every theorists s opinions. If reliably got up the book may be of considerable benefit ; if otherwise, it is bound to be a failure. Some very fine sheep have ltrtfly been sold out of the district. Mr Wallace «old a grand lot of Romney wethers at top prices ; Jlr Murray, Lincoln cross hoggets at a high price ; Mr Rosfveare, a line of Leicester cross hoggets also at a satisfactory price, proving that attention to keep as well as breed is very essential to the realisation of good prices.