PRELIMINARY NOTICE. MOST IMPORTANT TO SHEEP FAR MERS AND FLOCK OWNERS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1612, 27 August 1861, Page 1

PRELIMINARY NOTICE. MOST IMPORTANT TO SHEEP FAR MERS AND FLOCK OWNERS.

Importation, direct from Germany, of true Negretti Rams and Eives. npHE Undersigned beg to announce that thejr J_ have been advised of the shipment, per " Hermine," at Hamburg, of a flock consisting of 80 Bams and 10 Ewes, of the true Negretti breed, which has been consigned to them for disposal in . New Zealand. .... These Sheep have been selected from the cele* brated Flock of Mr.j. F.Hofifsohlaeger l .of : Weißin l , ■ in Meoklenburgh, who, desirous to extend .thejp* „ putation of his breed, aireaby. so well known. pxA ;." appreciated in. Australia, has shipped some of the choicest specimens of his Flook to this Colony* . Each particular Ram arid Ewe, will be accompanied, , by a pedigree attesting the parity of the blood, and T it may be some recommendation to those intereat- . ed in the growth and improvement of Wool, to ; add that the average produce of the flock, whence tb4s : , seleciion is taken, is from 3 i to 4 lbs. of clean- > ; Trashed Wool from the Ewes, and from 7 to 8 lbs. . ; from the rams, the quality of tile fleece, the length, , fineness and evenness of the staple, is suoh as to, . have obtained for a long period an average pnoe of , 3s. per lb. . ; .-.., "" The " Herinine " is expected here early xn Sep- , tember, and immediately after her arrival, .these . valuable importations will, be submitted to publip , ; auction, without the slightest reserve, and of .which , full notioe will be given. , , . . . ; . Further particulars can be obtained of the Un-. .-" dersigned, who expect by next steamer, of whioh. ; tbey have been advised, samples of the Wool, and pranirigs of eaoh animal. * . ; ' •VV KRULL &OO. Wellington, Plimmer's Wharf, . „.':, : July 30,1861. ; . '„.'•; ■..-.■;^y.