RECORD PRICE FOR A MERINO EWE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13313, 15 June 1907, Page 4

RECORD PRICE FOR A MERINO EWE.

Advices to hand from Australia. slat;" that, a stud ewe from Mr Horsf alt's famous Widgiuwa. flock lias been Fold for the high price of 200 guineas,, This constitutes a record sale for ewes. By the same mail -\ve are notified that a rani from this celebrated floclc realised the very high price of 1000 guineas. The performances of the Widgiewa sheep in the show ring for years past:- have been the subject of discussion among&b up-to-date sheep men the wide world over. The areatpst records of prize winning wcr achieved in the history of sheep-breeding have fallen to the lot of the owner of this famous flock. Everything on Widgiewa is of the very best that experience dictates and money can procure. The production of a perfec f fleece is. of course, one of tlie objects aimed at; and that, Llii-i object has been attained is convincingly proved by the prices realised for the Wids'iewa wool in the s=iles. For 1904, 1905. and 1906 the dips from this station .sold up to 14d, 14id. and 1. r per lb in the grease, the average for all the fleece being within a fraction of 13d per lb. The clip ranged from 1200 to 1400 bales each season, making truly a great average. After lorn; and painstaking experimenting. Mr Hon'fall aiid h>s manager have arrived at 'the. couch'sion that for the production of a perfect, fleece of wool Quib ill's Dip stand* unrivalled anv oilier preparation on (lie market-, and it- is now <v>lely nso<V:on WkWewn. where the above-mentioned high-pricp.l ■Oieen have li-~en bred—and also on Ar >' TTorsfall's other Tt mav bineiitioW that Mr Forsfall's annual "H'l of wool runs from 3500 to 4000 bales. ... ("tout is re all v a special form of rlieu-n-.itism by excess uric acid in the b'ood. Whether your gout is acute of chronic. Rheumo will cure you. All stores.... '