RAM AND EWE FIR.
j t^R PBfeSS ASSOCIATDN.] , DUNEDHOabch 17;, The rani &M ewe fair a Bur'SSidt? proved a very poor affair. 'lie weather was wretch'fcd, and the attexlance the smallest 1 .tin record. The eitries were about ffilrty per cent below f.ose of last **ear, a"nd although the quaity of the . flock rams wag,., if anythigf, better, breeders met with but "acanfc encouragement, and fully half of the rans Avere untold. A few of the best aud Border Leicester and Clydevale Bor&r Leicester fldeka and the Elderslie Ronney Marsh flocks mot with spirited coraptition, but prices were unremunerative. ?here wa3 a limited inquiry for Shropshire Down rams, but the values obtained were disappointing. The top price of the day lHgs, was given for a ram bred by Mr J. FCrostie.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6131, 18 March 1898, Page 3
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131RAM AND EWE FIR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6131, 18 March 1898, Page 3
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