The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . heep throughout the country convince those re-sponsible for the management of the Ashford RamShow and Sale that the one great want in connec-tion with their breed was the establishment of onecentral sale at which all the best sheep of thebraed could be seen and purchased. THE first sale, which took place eleven yearsago, was not a success, and those who weroresponsible for its institution were anything butpopular, in fact, very hot times were promised tothem. THESE have indeed come, for the success of thepast two years sales have given them a ve
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . heep throughout the country convince those re-sponsible for the management of the Ashford RamShow and Sale that the one great want in connec-tion with their breed was the establishment of onecentral sale at which all the best sheep of thebraed could be seen and purchased. THE first sale, which took place eleven yearsago, was not a success, and those who weroresponsible for its institution were anything butpopular, in fact, very hot times were promised tothem. THESE have indeed come, for the success of thepast two years sales have given them a veryhot time indeed, not in being found fault with,but in receiving the congratulations of those whowere the most bitter opponents at the time whenthese sales were first established. TO those breeds-and there are many—whichhave not yet secured the advantage of thecombination sale the writer urges them fro lose notime in following the example set them by theKent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders Associa-tion, the Lincoln Sheep Breeders Association,. The Wensleydale Ram shown above is the animal with which the Bxors. of the late Mr T. Willis wona First Prize and Special at the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society s Show this year. MANY valuable and instructive lessons mightbe drawn from this excellent result, but itwill suffice if we mention just a few. The firstand foremost is that this success has been secured,simply and solely by reason of the combination ofinterests having become united and used with oneobject— i e., the benefit of the breed. Again, itmay be pointed out that the most successful flockat the present sale was Mr. Charles Files, and itis a great satisfaction to those who are believersin pedigree to know that not only dees File individually number his sheep, butthat practically the whole of his ewe flock is in-dividually entered in the flock book. THE success that has followed this system ofcareful breeding is emphasised in an equallyStriking manner, by
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