MESSRS M'GREGOR BROS.' LINCOLNS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10551, 6 February 1912, Page 5

MESSRS M'GREGOR BROS.' LINCOLNS

: THE DISPERSAL SALE. "• Tliis fliock, r which is to be offered to public competition ait the vendors' dispersal sale next Thursday, is oh© *>f the oldest established in; the Wairarapa, originally started with ewes J>red by the late Mr Edwin Meredith, of whom in his day, |it' is i said, w) one" possessed a. hetterj eye'" fox, ehVepT and breeders of the present day .admit"* that the true characteristic is prominent to the eye, even of .the uninitiated. The best of stud rams have been used fron* time to time from the flocks of Messrs William, Perry, W, H ; ; ' Bland ißayneiv'aud.others,.t. : and marly, s'tud from.-the "N'gutna)Y.a : " : flock bavjg:beensold/in:M4Vsti'r£on and 6utsdde- districts, always giving- every .isatisfactioh ;fo Various breeders. We ■nnderstand the sheep to be sold-will nU.be offered in their natural, cbndaf' tr'ui, and line been, like the Romneys, . machine-fchonv consequently buyers will sec l exactly what they are purchasing, and not be troubled with ithe objectionable -tactics of trimm- ( dng, etc., so prominently brougltt before the public in the press | some ftwelve months ago..; The Lin-j coin," as a sire, still'retains its popularity *of many years' standing, and breeders iniform us the demand locally and frem.' outside distnets this season is very keen^—more so thlan •lias been experienced for a number of yars— ; a; demand caused mainly from farmers calling for more weight in their • clips. Where properly treated, the Lincoln is said to give a phenomenal weight in a single fleece, which, although not selling at the same rate ,per pound as the finer'wools, gives the grower a greater nett. return per head on account of the increased, weight in "fleece itself.. .To those, who;, are linking of-starting., flocks . of their own, .this.. presents an' exceptional opportunity of. securingewes of high" merit, which would not occur but for the fact of the vendors Imving disposed of the property, and it is a matter of regret to learn that a stud so successfully managed for a rvmlber of years is to be brought under the hammer and sold absolutelv without reserve at prices the public mnv think fit to offer.