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To enhance the breeding program, the van Eyks began AI in 1989 and three years ago commenced embryo transfer from their top ewes. “We continue to introduce top Merryville genetics occasionally and everything that comes here is progeny tested before use in the stud,” Allison said. This year, the stud was also winner of the 2008-12 Stanthorpe Wether Trial. Shalimar Park will offer two rams for sale in Bendigo this Shalimar Park’s year, a horn ram as well as their Sydney grand champion superfine Poll ram that had also done well on the local circuit and has been receiving considerable interest. historic win OUR COVER also acknowledges the supreme Merinos from the two shows held under the auspices of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association each year – in August, Maurice, Allison and Joe van Eyk of Shalimar Park the Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show in Dubbo, stud, Wollun, have added the stud’s name to that most and in late January, the Great Southern Supreme Merinos revered Honour Roll – Sydney Sheep Show’s supremes. Show in Canberra (GSSM). In their tenth year of exhibiting in Sydney, the van Eyks won the top prize at this year’s Sydney Royal with a four- With the 2011 Sydney Sheep Show supreme exhibit tooth superfine ram that went all the way (middle right on already under their belt with N318, the McLaren family’s cover). Nerstane stud, Woolbrook, stayed ahead of the pack by putting up another ram to conquer all at the 2011 The champion superfine March-shorn ram and grand Rabobank National (bottom cover pic). champion superfine wool ram went on to be best ram of the show after also defeating the stud’s own grand The stud’s six-tooth fine wool August-shorn ram, N910, champion ultrafine wool ram. Then it had only the tough that was sashed supreme NSW ram and then supreme competition of Tara Park’s grand champion medium Merino exhibit, was described by Jock McLaren as the wool ewe (also grand champion ewe at this year’s “best structured sheep we’ve bred”. GSSM) to overcome before claiming the supreme title. This win also consolidated the ram’s success when it was The Shalimar Park 16.6-micron ram had tested 2.4- sashed grand champion fine wool ram at the Australian micron standard deviation, 14.5 per cent coefficient of Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo the previous month. variation and 99.9 per cent comfort factor, with a 15.4- N910’s sire was grand champion fine wool ram at Sydney micron spinning fineness. Sheep Show in 2008 while his dam had been grand champion fine/medium wool ewe, going on to be judged Superfine judge Danny Picker, Hillcreston Park stud, best ewe of the 2008 Sydney show. Bigga, said the ram was a “large framed stud ram” with sire appeal. “He’s got a long, white staple on him and is The GSSM was again a prelude to a successful Sydney thick and well covered,” he said. Sheep Show for the Evans family of Tara Park stud, Boorowa, when their March-shorn medium wool ram took In Sydney last year the stud had the grand champion �� out the supreme award (middle left cover pic), pipping the superfine ewe and in 2008, both grand champion stud’s grand champion ewe for the top gong. Both the superfine ram and ewe, and reserve grand champion four-tooth supreme and the ewe were sired by TP4020, ewe. Then and since, they have continued to add other sire of Tara Park’s 2009 Stonehaven Cup team at Sydney. Sydney broad ribbons. The photo at the top of our cover is the 2012 Queensland “It feels absolutely fantastic. We’ve had aspirations of ram of the year from the Brumpton family’s Mount Ascot one day doing this and now we’ve finally realised it - �� stud, Mitchell. we’re over the moon,” said Joe van Eyk. The ram almost didn’t make it to Sydney as he was RAS president, Glenn Dudley, Katrina Hodgkinson, Minister for Primary shedded for sale in Armidale this year. “He was a big Industries, and Allison and Joe van Eyk, with their supreme exhibit of the �� 113th annual Sydney Sheep Show. framed sheep with beautiful wool, so he went well around the local shows, but initially when picking him we didn’t know whether to sell him at Armidale or take him �� as a show sheep,” Allison van Eyk said. �� Along came Landmark’s Angus Carter to look through �� the sheep and he said the van Eyks should “give him a run as a show sheep down in Sydney.” �� As Armidale ram sale approached, the indecision �� remained at Shalimar Park. “We thought he was good, �� but it was still a toss-up,” said Allison. �� Needless to say, the van Eyks are no longer thinking of �� selling him. Their supreme is now being used in the stud and semen is being marketed. Shalimar Park stud was established in 1954 and is �� based on Merryville blood. With a long-term average adult micron of 17.8, the stud’s emphasis is on frame �� size, wool cut, style and softness. “We are just trying to �� breed better and better sheep that are saleable,” said Allison. �� 2 3 �� 4 5 President’s Message - NSW Wether Challenge. This innovation has been very well supported with 20 teams in contention. Another twelve months has passed since our last publication of The Top Sire. This year we welcome our Thank you to our head office staff, secretary and friends from the Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders’ executive director, Edward Dugan, and his assistant, Association as part of our annual journal. We hope this will Mae Edenborough. On top of their normal duties, they be a benefit to both State organisations. have been implementing technological upgrades which will further streamline the association’s management. I As anticipated, the year has seen some remarkable especially thank Carol-Ann Malouf whose public relations highs in our industry. Record ram sales, both multi-vendor role also includes the mammoth job of production of this and on-property, were achieved. Wool prices peaked in annual journal. August 2011 with the EMI reaching over 1400 cents. Store sheep sales, Merino lamb prices and mutton sales have Appreciation is extended to long-term sponsors of the all been at extreme levels, but as expected have come NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association, Elders and under buyer pressure over the last six months. With this in Rabobank. mind, the value of the Merino as a dual-purpose animal is In closing, I remind all woolgrowers that there will be a truly evident. WoolPoll later this year. This is your industry – so have a As nearly always, our returns at the farm gate are say. governed by external factors beyond our control. The high Lou Armstrong Australian dollar and the worsening economic conditions President in most of our overseas trading countries would indicate NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association that any uplift in prices may still be some time off. It is pleasing to see the middle micron wools are still trading at well above their ten-year average. Unfortunately, the finer end is coming under extreme pressure and there is little chance of recovery until the European economic NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ crisis is resolved. However, it is worth remembering that Association Ltd the Merino industry is well placed to ride out this slump as it affects all exporting rural industries in Australia, many of Executive Director: Edward Dugan which have not experienced the highs that we have seen Address: Locked Bag 4317 over the last eighteen months. Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Phone: 02 9763 2744 chairman and board of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Fax: 02 9763 1878 for their governance of the wool industry over the past two Email: [email protected] years. Their ability to control expenditure where revenues were diminishing and to leverage our wool promotion President: Lou Armstrong dollars has put the wool industry in good shape. Snr Vice President: James Derrick Jnr Vice President: Bob Walters I must thank all stud breeders for their commitment to improving the performance of our modern Merino. The Public Relations Consultant & Editor: high standard of all Merino types is very evident as I have Carol-Ann Malouf OAM P O Box 320, Condobolin NSW 2877 moved around many different areas of the State. NSW studs always perform well at all the major shows and Phone: 02 6895 2274 sales at home and interstate. Email: [email protected] I would also like to thank all members of our association Designed & Printed by: Dobija Print World Griffith, NSW Ph 02 6964 5093 for their continual support - especially our councillors and www.dobijaworld.com life governors who spend a lot of time for the benefit of our organisation. The opinions expressed in contributed copy in this journal are These thanks extend to members of the Dubbo those of the contributor, not necessarily the association. National Ram Sale Association whose annual fixture is All information contained in this publication was correct at time of printing. The publisher takes no responsibility for any errors that may occur. E&OE approaching. I congratulate them on the program they have put together for this year’s Rabobank National For additional copies contact the NSW SMBA Merino Sheep Show and Sale which will include an AWI Phone (02) 9763 2744 Wool Clip day and our inaugural NSW Schools Based

4 5 “The presentation and standard of animals remains very high. Stud breeders continue to breed and choose quality stock which is reflected within the industry.” Mr Ashby’s presidency AASMB’s new also took him further afield. “One of the highlights in my term was the strengthened man at the helm relationship with other Merino breeding nations and, through the World Merino At the April annual general meeting of the Australian Conference in France, Sunday 19th August 2012 Association of Stud Merino Breeders’ Association increased connections Phil Toland (AASMB), held during the Sydney Sheep Show at the with China, Russia and Sydney Royal, Victorian stud Merino breeder, Phil Toland, South Africa,” he said. was elected to the presidency. “During that conference, and as a result of judging Mr Toland, who is also president of the Victorian Stud commitments in Argentina, I saw that the Merino breed of Merino Sheepbreeders’ Association (VMSBA), is principal Australia is very highly respected and regarded.” of Toland Merino and Poll studs, Violet Town, Victoria. At the changeover of the presidency, Mr Ashby was Raised on a sheep and beef property at Omeo, in Victoria, congratulated on his success in raising the association’s Mr Toland went on to attain Bachelor of Rural Science and profile and influence within the industry and the increased Master of Agriculture Science degrees before working for links with other industry bodies and grower groups. 10 years as a beef research and agricultural extension officer with the Victorian Department of Agriculture. “Events over the past 12 months reflect and highlight the AASMB’s expanding role in liaising with government Toland Merinos originated in Omeo in 1982, comprising and other industry bodies to influence decisions affecting two thirds of the Bindawarra stud until separation in 1990. Merino stud breeders and their clients in a positive way,” The Toland family has been in North Eastern Victoria Mr Ashby said. since 1988 and has developed highly productive fine wool Merinos excelling in heavy cutting elite wool. In 1988 a Poll Merino stud was registered and this is now a major emphasis of the Toland operation. Mr Toland has had extensive committee and board experience at educational institutions throughout Victoria STONEY VIEW and NSW. He has also served as a member, often in an executive position, of numerous sheep industry bodies, including 16 years as chairman of North East Central Test MERINO STUD Sire Evaluation in Victoria. Flock No 4559 He is an executive member of the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) and has been a VMSBA councillor since 1999. As well, he is a governing member of the Working Kelpie Council of Australia and finds time to lecture at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus and supervise degree projects for final year students. After the Adelaide Show in September, Mr Toland will have judged at Merino sheep shows in all Australian wool growing States. Mr Toland succeeded Tom Ashby, North Ashrose Merino and Poll Merino studs, Gulnare, South Australia, whose three-year term as AASMB president concluded at the AGM. “I hope to continue the work of Tom in striving to improve the Merino and attain the most profitable results for our SUPERFINE AND FINE WOOL RAMS members and their clients,” Mr Toland said. During his presidency, Mr Ashby had travelled to most Available for private selection from October field days and major Merino events throughout Australia. Through his travels he said he had observed the continual improvement in quality over the last several years. “Woolgrowers nationally have vision and are dedicated to Enquiries: Alan and Judy Ticehurst ensure that the industry continues to build on the strong “Rockleigh”, Bookham foundations of the past to ensure a secure future,” he Phone/Fax 02 6227 7276 said.

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6 7 to the participating schools, or have come from the school’s own flock, the challenge is not bloodline-based. The competition aims to educate young people in the value of running Merinos and to teach feeding, animal health and management skills. DNRSA president, Garry Cox, said “The whole idea is to get school children involved in handling and showing and in understanding measurements such as micron, body weight and eye muscle depth.” NSW students The challenge has a purely educational focus. “We hope to make students more aware of the workings of the sheep and wool industry,” Mr Cox said. take up The sheep comprise teams of three Merino or Poll Merino wethers, under ½ years of age with no more than two teeth, March-shorn and inspection tagged. challenge Wethers will be side-sampled prior to Dubbo and then judged on Wednesday August 29 at the national fixture as March-shorn objective measurement class exhibits. Twenty teams from schools throughout the State are Judging will be based on subjective assessment (best participating in the inaugural Schools Wether Challenge pen of three in the wool); objective measurement – the with final assessment to take place at this year’s best value sale meat (weight, fat depth and eye muscle Rabobank National Merino Sheep Show in August. depth); and the highest fleece value, again using objective Modelled on the highly successful competition measurement. implemented by the South Australian Stud Merino Placings from first to third will be announced for the three Sheepbreeders’ Association for judging at Adelaide Show, categories. the NSW equivalent has been introduced by the NSW President of the SMBA, Lou Armstrong, said “We expect Stud Merino Breeders’ Association (SMBA), the Dubbo that the challenge will be successful in allowing students National Ram Sale Association (DNRSA) and the NSW to establish a good understanding of the Merino sheep Department of Primary Industries. industry and also to develop strong links with both our Members and staff of these bodies have been assisting in members and the technical staff of the Department of sourcing sheep and with the ongoing management and Primary Industries. preparation of the sheep for the show. “We also expect that this competition will become a major While wethers for the exercise have been donated by part of the Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show various stud and commercial Merino breeders in proximity and Ram Sale week,” he said.

8 9 SYDNEY ROYAL 2012 18 Broad Ribbons including Most Successful Medium & Strong Wool Exhibitor Reserve Grand Champion Medium Wool Ram Heaviest fleece weight in the objective measurement GSSM, Canberra 2012 class, 18.4kg of 18.8 mic wool & top valued fleece 6 Broad Ribbons including Res. Grand Champion Merino Ram QLD STATE SHEEP SHOW 2012 8 Broad Ribbons including Grand Champion Merino Ram On-Property Ram Sale September 27, 2012

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8 9 Better Choices Better genetics

Third generation woolgrower, David Watson of Maister’s Swamp Merino and Poll studs at Kentucky in the Northern Tablelands, south west of Armidale, is an advocate of At the 2012 Sydney Sheep Show at the Sydney Royal, David Watson receives the Thomas Farquhar Hodgson Memorial Perpetual Trophy for Bayer’s Better Choices program. the Most Successful Merino Fleece Exhibitor from ITWO chairman, Peter As an end user who is also a strong believer in both the Ackroyd. product and animal welfare, he has recently appeared in the new Better Choices television campaign. and Ron Rayner, Glanna stud, Gulgong, as well as from Maister’s Swamp was founded in 1991 by David’s successful and inspirational clients. parents and in 2000, ownership was transferred to David Q. Where do you see your business going over the next and his wife, Tina. In 2001 they registered a Poll stud of five years? the same name. Their current breeding program is based In the next five years I see my business going from on Maister’s Swamp, Merryville and Glanna genetics. strength to strength, increasing on-property ram sales, Among the stud’s recent successes, Maister’s Swamp and helping wool producers to achieve greater production was the most successful exhibitor in fleece classes at this goals within their sheep flocks. This in turn will hopefully year’s Sydney Sheep Show and exhibitor of the reserve show other stud breeders that by using progressive grand champion superfine ewe. mating techniques they also can help their clients achieve After he received the prestigious Thomas Farquhar increases in production goals. Hodgson Memorial Perpetual Trophy, Bayer Australia At Maister’s Swamp, we will strive to continually develop put some questions to David regarding his successful stud genetics that will make a significant difference for the woolgrowing operation. industry as a whole. We are already seeing this difference Q. How does the Maister’s Swamp selective breeding in our own 2012 lamb drop. More progressive and program work in layman’s terms? exciting results are sure to follow. Our selective breeding program, or progressive program Q. What drives you to get out on the property each as we call it, works on a simple way of identifying day? each individual breeding ewe’s skin type; for example, The motivation is to help my existing and potential clients wool/frame/heavy/flat. Then mating the right ram which achieve greater production targets, feeding off my clients’ possesses the opposite but progressive skin type that success, and their new found enthusiasm when seeing the ewe skin type is lacking. As an example, a wool skin their progressive results. type ewe needs more frame size and a thicker wool lock Q. How are you involved in the Better Choices structure than a frame skin type ram possesses. program? Q. Why has Maister’s Swamp been so successful? I have always believed that farmers, and sheep and wool Our success can be attributed to a refusal to chase producers in general, are a very proactive group when industry trends or compromise our core beliefs of animal welfare outcomes are highlighted, as farmers producing stud Merino animals that exhibit the following believe that their animals’ needs and welfare are hugely formula; highest wool quality possible X largest sheep important to their own economic survival. So when first frame possible X largest wool cutting ability possible. seeing the advantages that Better Choices gives farmers Q. What are the benefits to sheep and wool producers? regarding better animal welfare outcomes, I immediately started implementing the program within my already The benefits include a more consistent lambing type proactive animal welfare thought processes. outcome which produces a more even group of lambs. For example, less cull type lambs and more top type The Better Choices certification program signposts your promise to lambs, which in turn will stop producers going around in members of the industry and the international community that you’re circles achieving very little improvement within their flocks. committed to providing a better life for livestock. Q. Is there anyone doing anything similar globally or So what do you have to do to be part of the Better Choices community that locally? gives Australian farmers a voice? No other stud in our local New England region is 1. To renew (or register) your Better Choices certificate simply head to the attempting to use progressive mating the way we use it at new website: www.betterchoices.com.au Maister`s Swamp or for our clients’ flocks. 2. How do I pledge my support? Easy! With a few quick clicks on this Q. Where do you draw your inspiration from? website: www.betterchoices.com.au I draw inspiration from fellow stud breeding colleagues Better Choices is a free program. So go online today and give your fellow such as Wally Merriman of Merryville stud, Boorowa, woolgrowers a helping hand.

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10 11 CALLING ALL WOOLGROWERS

AWI WOOL CLIP Hosted by Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show & Sale Committee in conjunction with the Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show 28 - 29 August & Ram Sale 30 August 2012

Dubbo, New South Wales - Wednesday 29 August

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For more information or to RSVP, please email Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show & Sale Secretary, Steve Lindsay, at [email protected] or call 0429 340 988

12 13 CALLING ALL Historic Willandra still WOOLGROWERS setting records

Few studs have been as rich in history or as well chronicled as Willandra, from its beginnings northwest of Hillston in 1863 to the present day, based at Jerilderie.

Willandra lives on in two forms, the original land now Pictured with Willandra’s top-priced $22,000 ram at their on-property forming Willandra National Park, and the property of Ross sale in September 2011, are Darren Tapper, Landmark regional manager, and Irene Wells, who with their daughter, Caroline and Wagga Wagga, with Ross Wells between buyers, Dianne and Geoff son-in-law, Craig Heath, operate the stud of the same Peters, Ballatherie stud, Hillston. name. At the stud’s 33rd annual sale last September, one of The Willandra stud was established in 1886 by Melbourne the stud’s Poll Merino rams fetched $22,000 when sold merchants, John and George Whittingham, based to Geoff and Diane Peters, Ballatherie stud, Hillston. The on Saxon Merinos from Tasmania with infusions from Wells family has retained 50 per cent semen rights to the Wanganella, Boonoke and Bungaree. Some ownership 2010-drop, 19-micron ram which fetched the third top- changes later, in 1972 when the Crown Lease expired, price on-property in NSW last year. Willandra became a national park and the stud was In October, for the third successive year, Willandra moved to the Yanko Station, Jerilderie. fetched the top price for a pen of ewes at the annual John In 1974, the Wells family purchased the stud and moved Wells Memorial Sheep Sale, Jerilderie. The ewes set an it to the present-day property. In The Australian Merino Australian record price of $282 per head for an August- (2007), Charles Massy said “The coming of Tony Watson shorn line with the sale of 270 April/May 2010 drop- as classer in 1960, and then a change of ownership and ewes to Keith Gordon of “Brents Hill”, Colinroobie, near the stud’s relocation in the Riverina, under the astute care Narrandera. and ownership of the Wells family, was able to assure not AWI WOOL CLIP Of his outlay, Mr Gordon said, “I didn’t relish paying that only the future of the stud but also its emergence by the price, but if you want the best, you have to pay for them.” 1980s as a potential major stud.” (The Weekly Times, Oct 12, 2011). Hosted by Rabobank Dubbo National On the occasion of the stud’s centenary in 1986, David Mr Gordon also secured the second draft of Willandra Asimus, then chairman of the Australian Wool Corporation, ewes for $252. Merino Sheep Show & Sale Committee in the foreword to Jamie Kronborg’s Big Willandra, wrote “It is fortunate for the wool industry that a determined A further highlight came with the sale of aged ewes with a in conjunction with the Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep Show family has carried on a great enterprise.” He said that record $190 paid for a pen of 575 five-year-old Willandra- the “contribution of Willandra to the most commercially blood ewes offered by Andrew and Julie Sleigh, Sleigh popular Australian wools” was worthy of note. Pastoral Company, “Kooringal”, Jerilderie. The Sleighs 28 - 29 August & Ram Sale 30 August 2012 have been consistently recording top prices at this fixture By this time, Willandra had stamped its name on many of since the sale’s inception. the Merino industry’s prestige trophies at major shows and field days, a tradition that continues to this day. The Wells They also sold 374 April/May-drop, September shorn Dubbo, New South Wales - Wednesday 29 August family also had the vision to embrace technology. In 1982 Merino ewes at the October sale for $248. the first commercial use of laparoscopic insemination In 1988, Willandra set an Australian gross income record was carried out at Willandra, and six years later the stud for an on-property ram sale/auction when 610 rams All the latest wool industry knowledge and developments from AWI embarked on a large scale embryo transfer program. sold for a gross of $525,400. That record is believed Over the last twelve months the Wells family has to have stood for 23 years, only broken a week before celebrated the stud’s 125th anniversary year in one of the Willandra’s 2011 on-property sale when Leahcim Poll best possible ways – by notching up record prices for both stud, Snowtown, South Australia, sold 200 rams for a For more information or to RSVP, please email Rabobank Dubbo National Merino Sheep stud and commercial Merinos. $597,700 gross. Show & Sale Secretary, Steve Lindsay, at [email protected] or call 0429 340 988 BONTARA - F. No 4629 PO Box 147, Gundagai 2722 Phone: (02) 6945 3143 a.h. Contact Phone: (02) 6944 0200 b.h. Paul Luff � Fax: (02) 6944 1475 Email: [email protected]

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Alan and Judy Ticehurst Contact “Rockleigh”, Bookham 2582 Alan Ticehurst � Phone: (02) 6227 7276 Fax: (02) 6227 7276 14 15 Armidale’s vice-regal appeal

Not only was there a high standard of exhibit and top sale price of $22,000 at this year’s 67th Armidale Annual Nerstane’s supreme exhibit of the 2012 Armidale (Housed) Merino Ram (housed) Merino Ram Show and Sale, but also a vice- Show, and top-priced sale ram at $22,000, held by Hamish McLaren, regal seal of approval. Nerstane, Woolbrook, with Nerstane overseer, Shane Rule; Graham Kent, Kurrajong Park stud, Delungra; Jock McLaren, Nerstane; and Rodney Special guest, Governor of NSW, Her Excellency Professor Kent, Kurrajong Park. Photo courtesy The Land Marie Bashir AC CVO, was in attendance at the show, accompanied by Northern Tablelands MP, Richard Torbay. Her Excellency also remarked on the global renaissance of wool fibre. “I am overjoyed to observe that countries are Also patron of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ realising that wool is the best fibre for warmth, protection Association, and a country girl at heart, Her Excellency and for many outstanding qualities that synthetics could said “I had the great joy of being born in sheep country never have,” she said. down in the Riverina. I know what these gorgeous animals have done for our nation.” Armidale Show Her Excellency said “You people are the salt of the earth, The show’s supreme exhibit award went to the McLaren the real Australia. The fine animals on display here are family’s Nerstane, Woolbrook, for their champion a reflection of the care and professionalism of the stud superfine ram, N582. breeders. The reserve grand champion was the champion fine “The Merino sheep is part and parcel of the history and wool ram from Michael and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek, heritage of modern Australia. From the earliest days of Reids Flat. the colony when wool went to London, we made the In other major awards, the Cox family’s Bocoble, Mudgee, world sit up and take note of what was happening here in took out the champion ultra/superfine wool title; Merryville Australia.” stud, Boorowa, showed the champion fine/medium wool ram; Chris and Cindy Clonan’s Alfoxton, Armidale, won the award for champion August-shorn ram; and Rodney and Graham Kent, Kurrajong Park, Delungra, exhibited the champion pen of three rams.

The Governor of NSW, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, was on hand to sash the supreme Merino at this year’s Armidale Ram Show, pictured here with Hamish McLaren, Nerstane, Woolbrook; the show’s Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek, Reids Flat, holds his reserve grand chairman, Rodney Kent, Kurrajong Park, Delungra; Member for Northern champion ram which sold for $8000, with Brett Cooper, Central West Tablelands, Richard Torbay; and Paul Ford, ANZ branch manager, NSW regional manager, Australian Wool Network, Mudgee, and buyer, Armidale. Source: Australian Wool Network Chris Clonan, Alfoxton stud, Armidale. Photo courtesy The Land

14 15 Judging of the pen of three sale rams at the 2012 Armidale (Housed) Merino Ram Show, with judges John Roberts, Dunbogan, Elong Elong and John Barty, Beverley, Redesdale, Victoria, awarding the title to the group at extreme left from Kurrajong Park, Delungra, held by Graham Kent, his father, Ron, and uncle, Colin Kent, former Kurrajong Park owner. Source: Australian Wool Network

Armidale Sale Chris said that he was very impressed with the style and structure of the ram which tested 16.8-micron, with 2.7 Nerstane’s supreme of the show went on the following SD, 15.5pc CV and 99.8pc CF. day to top the Armidale Ram Sale at $22,000 and overall, 81 rams sold for an average of $3416. Unhoused Sale Buyers of the top-priced ram, Rodney and Graham Kent, All numbers were up at the Armidale Unhoused Merino Kurrajong Park stud, Delungra, will be joining the ram to Ram Sale held on the day prior to this year’s Armidale their Roseville Park-blood ewes. Annual (housed) Merino Ram Show. The 135-kilogram ram tested 16.8-micron, with a 2.7- In a 93pc clearance, six of the New England region’s micron standard deviation (SD), 16.49 per cent coefficient studs sold 70 rams to a top of $5000, recording a sale of variation (CV) and a 99.9pc comfort factor (CF). average of $1680. Wal and George Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa, fetched The 16.4-micron top-priced ram, from Lee and Ruth the second-top price with a ram sold for $16,000 to Philip Fletcher’s Merryshiels stud, Walcha, was sold to the and Alison Attard, Gostwyck Estates, Uralla. The 17.2- Whillock family, “Jamaica Park”, Goolma, who had been micron ram had a 2.7 SD, 15.7 CV and a 99.9pc CF. interested in the ram since they saw it at the New England Merino Field Days in mid-January. A ram from Clive and Natasha Pearson’s Glenbrook stud, Armidale, sold for $12,000 to a syndicate of three New Further information: England studs, Lyndon at Guyra and Glenburnie and 23 January 2013 Cairnie, both of Walcha. New England Superfine Breeders Ram Sale John Croake, ph 0428 977 589 The show’s reserve grand champion ram from Michael 4 February 2013 and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek, Reids Flat, was bought Armidale Unhoused Merino Ram Sale for $8000 by Chris and Cindy Clonan, Alfoxton, Armidale Kim Barnet, ph 0429 772 885 and Garry Hallam, Gunning. 5 February 2013 The ram had caught Chris Clonan’s eye at the previous Armidale Annual (housed) Merino Ram Show Rodney Kent, ph 02 6729 1340 week’s Great Southern Supreme Merinos Show in Canberra where it won the champion fine wool ram title. 6 February 2013 Armidale (housed) Merino Ram Sale Rodney Kent, ph 02 6729 1340 18 February 2013 Inverell Ram Sale at Saleyards Elders ph, 02 6722 2688 or Landmark, ph 02 6722 2944

“I like this one,” says Graham Kent, Kurrajong Park, Delungra. “But what about that one?” asks John Croake, AWN’s senior territory manager/ AWN’s Central West regional manager, Brett Cooper, Mudgee and wool and stud stock; while Graham’s father, Ron, keeps out of the Murray and Reg Power, Airlie, Walcha are definitely amused. discussion. Source: Australian Wool Network Source: Australian Wool Network

16 17 “Breeding for big sheep with great wool”

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ON PROPERTY(Horn and RAMPolls)�� SALE BigBig Joe Joe449 449 LM 08-30 LM 08-30 (“OX”) (“OX”) (Horn and Polls) Proven Impact Sire, who is Born a natural quad. stampingProven his markImpact consistently Sire, who is Entered inBorn the aVic natural 2010 quad. on hisstamping progeny, combininghis mark consistentlyboth Balmoral Entered Sire Evaluation in the Vic. 2010 Wednesday frameon & fibrehis progeny, in studs across combining bothHis P.W.W.BalmoralT progeny Sire are heavierEvaluation . Aust. frameSemen && fibreprogeny in studs sold in across than everyHis other P.W.W.T sire entered, progeny are heavier Wednesdayth NSW, Aust.VIC, SA, Semen WA & & QLD, progeny sold ininclud ing thanlink sires,every Merino other andsire entered, 19 September outperformingNSW, VIC, industry SA, WA leading & QLD, Dohne sires.including Also leading link sires, the Merino and th horn &outperforming poll sires. EMD: industry 45 leadingtrial in wormDohne resistance, sires. Also WEC: leading - the 19 September Mic hornSD &CV poll CFsires . EMD: 45 70. trial in worm resistance, WEC: - Inspections from 10am 19.4 Mic 2.8 14 SD.4 CV99.8 (16m CF Mic SD70. CV CF 18.8 19.4 2.9 15 2.8.4 99.814.4 (4 99.8 yr) (16m 18.4 2.7Mic 15 .2 SD 99.7 CV (at 16 CF Inspections from 10am months of age) Sale at 1pm At 4 yrs:18.8 Cut 2.99.1kg, 15.4 8mhs 99.8 wool (4 yr) 18.4 2.7 15.2 99.7 (at 16 Sale at 1pm 2011 AtOn 4 Property yrs: Cut Ram9.1kg, Sale 8mhs: wool months of age) 44 progeny topped at $6800 x2 2011 On Property Ram Sale: 2011 On Property Ram Sale17: progeny, topped at $9000. Averaged44 progeny $3254 topped at $6800 x2 2011 On Property Ram Sale: Averaged17 $3270 progeny, topped at $9000. (Grade rams available mid September) SEMEN:Averaged $50 +GST/ $3254 dose (Grade rams available mid September) Averaged $3270 SEMEN: $50 +GST/ dose

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18 19 The supreme champion Merino ram of the 2012 Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, sired by Langdene ram, LD240, and exhibited by the Gonzalo family of Rio Pico stud, Chubut. Pictured are Julian and Estelle Gonzalo; Margaret and John Australia’s Danielle (judge), White River Merino and Poll Merino studs, Minnipa, SA; Fernanda Argentine and Maria Fernanda Gonzalo; and Rodrigo connection Gonzalo.

A long, savage drought continues in Argentina and agricultural enterprises are heavily taxed. Lambing percentages are low due to the harsh environment which includes snow and sub zero temperatures as well as predators; the worst being foxes. Up to a million sheep in Argentine Patagonia are believed to have perished as a result of last year’s eruption of the Puyehue volcano in the Andes of southern Chile. Pastures were destroyed, predominantly in Chubut province, home of so many Merino studs, and many pastures will never recover due to the covering of volcanic ash. So, with all these hardships one would not expect great Stuart McBurnie, Weealla, Balladoran, with the five Merino ewes that enthusiasm for sheep breeding. On the contrary, the have been shipped to Argentina. Photo courtesy The Land Merino breeders in Argentina are arguably the most According to records retained by the Australian passionate in the world and show the resilience of their Association of Stud Merino Breeders, the body appointed Australian counterparts. by the Federal Government to oversee all designated John Daniell, White River stud, Minnipa, SA, judge of Merino export sales, South America is the principal market this year’s sheep show at Comodoro Rivadavia, echoed for live Merino exports. While around 10 rams a year have the sentiment of all previous Australian judges when been exported to that country, the most recent shipment he said that the 50 registered Merino and Poll Merino was 34 head. stud breeders in Argentina hold the Australian Merino With the embargo on the live export of Merino ewes for as the best in the world. “They have a real thirst for the breeding being lifted in 2010, Merino ewes are now also best genetics from Australia’s leading sires.” He said being exported to Argentina. In the largest ewe shipment the Argentine breeders were to be congratulated on the to date, five ewes from the McBurnie family’s Weealla preparation, presentation and standard of rams put up for stud, Balladoran, left in January. Stud co-principal, Stuart the prestige annual show and sale. McBurnie, said the 12-month-old ewes, averaging around The 2012 supreme champion Merino ram, exhibited 19-micron, were all destined for the one Argentinean stud. by the Gonzalo family of Rio Pico, Chubut, was sired by Through an embryo transfer program the Argentinean LD240 which had been purchased from Langdene stud, stud will use Australian Merino semen to breed pure BONTARA - F. No 4629 Dunedoo, in 2007 at the Bendigo Ram Sale. Australian Merinos. The buyers were drawn to Weealla The Rio Pico ram went on to top the followingPO Box sale 147, at Gundagaigenetics 2722 as a result of the success of progeny of the 2005 34,000 pesos ($AU7500). In a reflection ofPhone: not only (02) the 6945 3143Australian a.h. Supreme MerinoContact Ram which was sold that continuing drought conditions but also thePhone: preference (02) of 6944 0200year b.h. at the Dubbo NationalPaul RamLuff Sale to Leleque stud for Argentine breeders for sourcing genetics from Australia, $AU43,000. � Fax: (02) 6944 1475 recent sales have proved tough. Email: [email protected] included in the shipment were another three ewes, The show’s grand champion Poll ram, exhibited by the including one from the Ashby family’s North Ashrose stud, Los Manantiales stud of the Mottino family, was sired by Gulnare, South Australia. After the lifting of the embargo, Ashrose Blueprint which had been Australian supreme North Ashrose was among the first to export ewes when ram in 2003. two Polls were exported to Chile in January 2011.

OTTERBOURNE - F. No 1767 OTTERBOURNE - Poll F. No 1269 “Otterbourne”, Wargeila Road, Yass 2582 Contact Phone: (02) 6227 3210 Sam Bucknell � Fax: (02) 6227 3209 Email: [email protected]

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STONEY VIEW - F. No 4559

Alan and Judy Ticehurst Contact “Rockleigh”, Bookham 2582 Alan Ticehurst � Phone: (02) 6227 7276 Fax: (02) 6227 7276 Carruthers win Tim & Harold Rossiter, “Youngara”, Ungarie, pictured with classer, Andy McLeod, finished second in this year’s Lake Cargelligo Maiden Merino Lake ewe comp Ewe Competition. One Oak blood and classer, Michael Elmes, also featured For the second time in three years the One-Oak blood in the third placing which was claimed by Justin and flock of the Carruthers family, “Millbank”, Tullibigeal, has Natalie McCarten, “Glen Echo”, Erigolia, for their flock of won the Lake Cargelligo Show Society’s Maiden Merino 1000 breeding ewes. Ewe Competition. The 20.6-micron ewes had been culled at a rate of 30pc Barry and Vickie Carruthers and their son, Stephen, from a 103pc lambing. They were 21 months-old with a presented an entry of 1500 breeding ewes, classed by full year’s wool. Michael Elmes, Narrandera, at a 33 per cent culling rate. Catching the eye of the judges were the “long bodied, With nine months wool, the 19-month-old ewes were well grown ewes, covered with soft crimpy wool with well from a 96pc lambing. At last shearing, young ewes cut aligned fibre”. 8.5kg of wool with the flock cutting an average of 7.75kg Encouragement awards went to Betty and Phillip Hall, of 21.2-micron wool. “Trelynne”, Weethalle, for their Avenel blood ewes, Competition judges, Allan Dawson, Winyar, Canowindra classed by Colin McCrabb, and to Alan and Jenny Ireland, and Andy Maclean, Haddon Rig, Warren, considered “Allonvale”, Tullibigeal, for their Concordia blood ewes, the winning ewes were “a very good, even line, well classed by Michael Elmes. structured and big framed and carrying bloomy well- Organisers described this year’s competition as the most nourished wool”. successful in its 17-year history, with two new competitors Onlookers obviously agreed with the judges, placing the taking entries to eleven. Over 50 people took part in the Carruthers family as the spectator’s choice on the day. 320 km coach trip which concluded at the Lake Cargelligo Sports Club for a dinner and award presentation. Mr Carruthers has been breeding Merinos for close to 30 years and has never reduced his numbers, regardless of seasonal conditions. He said he likes the challenge of breeding Merinos. “There’s always been money in them if you do things right.” Second place this year went to the Youngara Partnership Flock No 4156 Poll Flock No 1437 of Harold, Rosemary and Tim Rossiter, “Youngara”, Ungarie. Their display of 1200 Haddon Rig blood, 20-month- old ewes with 10-months wool, was classed by Andy McLeod, Dubbo, at a rate of 36pc. With a lambing percentage of 104pc, the flock has an average micron of 20.5 and wool cut of 6.7kg. The judges considered the Rossiter’s flock to be “very well managed”, noting also the excellent size and wool covering.

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20 21 Top Sire Full Page.indd 1 23/5/12 1:28 PM 20 21 The traditional prime lamb enterprise (1st cross ewe joined to terminals) and the self replacing Dorper enterprise have seen the largest falls due to their reliance on lamb and replacement ewes. These falls combined with strong wool prices have seen 18 micron wethers out-performing the traditional prime lamb enterprise. Wether enterprises were the only sheep enterprises to have increased in value since April last year. The largest gain has been seen in 20 micron wethers due Merinos: Star to the increase in wool value compared to 18 micron. A 20 micron Merino ewe enterprise joined to Merino rams is also now more profitable than those joined to terminal farm enterprise sires.

By GEOFF CASBURN DPI sheep livestock officer In gross margin figures recently released by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, 18 micron wethers are out-performing traditional prime lamb, while all sheep enterprises outshine wheat and cattle. The continued strength of the wool market has seen Merino enterprises outclass meat, with the 18 micron ewe enterprise the most profitable by $6 to $18 per DSE. Breeding enterprises have experienced a slight fall in gross margin due to falls in lamb and Figure 1: Sheep enterprise performance (six month average wool and meat prices up to replacement ewe values. April and Dec 2011)

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22 23 The continued decrease in wheat values has seen sheep out-performing wheat by at least $88 per hectare. This assumes a wheat price on farm of $170 per tonne with a yield of 3.0 tonne (Dryland south-east GM) while using a stocking rate of 10 DSE per hectare. Using a wheat price on farm of $200 per tonne with a yield of 3.5 tonne/ha sees both wheat and sheep performing equally. The 18-micron ewe enterprise performs to a similar level when wheat is $230 per tonne of farm. Sheep enterprises continue to out-perform beef with the southern yearling beef enterprise presented as an example. This assumes a stocking rate of 10 DSE/ha, with steers sold at Figure 2: Sheep enterprise gross margins compared to wheat and southern yearling cattle 205 kg deadweight (dw) @360 cents kg/dw. There are a number of factors to consider when selecting an enterprise; using price alone is fraught with danger as price can vary both within and between years. Already this year we have seen a Thermoskin’s reduction in wool prices which has resulted in a fall of approximately 10 per cent with 18 micron and 3% for 20 micron ewe enterprises. improved For a full break down of sheep, cattle and cropping enterprise gross margins visit www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/ agriculture/farm-business/budgets bottom line

The Henderson family of Grogansworth Merino stud, Bowning, was thrilled with the outcome of using Thermoskin in 2011. With temperatures dropping to minus five degrees Celsius on the NSW Southern Tablelands in the mildest winter, loss of live weight can occur in freshly shorn sheep. Having used this product for several years, including in trials before it hit the market, the Hendersons can attest to the fact that the sheep not only cope with the cold conditions, but also feed immediately after being shorn and gain weight. After last year’s treatment, 307 surplus two-year-old ewes were sold off the board for $191/head, and in the same sale, 429 3-year-old wethers brought $140 and 483 wether weaners, $130.  “Not only was the money in our pockets earlier, but we also saved on the feed we would normally have needed  if we waited the usual four to six weeks before selling the sheep.” Kim Henderson said. “It was a win-win situation all round.”

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24 25 Flock No. 3718 Average Micron 18.2 Classer: John Williams - Cooma AWI Wool Clip Consistent Success in the Show & Sale Ring Sydney Royal Easter Show 2012 visits Dubbo �� 16 Broad Ribbons �� Best Merino Ewe The Dubbo National Ram Sale Association (DNRSA) has �� Stonehaven Cup (7th time) been successful with its application to host an AWI Wool �� Most Successful March Shorn Exhibitor Clip in conjunction with the 2012 Rabobank National �� Grand Champion Medium Wool Ewe Merino Sheep Show and Ram Sale on Wednesday, August 29. �� Grand Champion Fine/Medium Wool Ewe Sheep producers are encouraged to attend the Wool Clip �� Grand Champion Fine/Medium Wool Ram events - an AWI-funded initiative, tailored to meet the �� Grand Champion Strong Wool Ewe needs of local producers. �� Production Class Winner (14.5kgFW, 90kgBW, The free one-day event will see AWI speakers join with 19.5-mic, 38.5EMA) interstate and local presenters to update producers on the latest research and development outcomes, on-farm management and investment opportunities occurring in the sheep industry. AWI head of On-Farm Research and Development, Dr Jane Littlejohn, said AWI Wool Clip intends to complement the existing AWI grower updates and activities. “Because the Wool Clip programs are being driven at a local level, growers are telling us what they want to hear about, so each event is tailored to suit,” she said. “Of course everyone wants to know the prospects for the wool market, but topics such as enterprise management and sustainable pastures have also been really popular too,” Dr Littlejohn added. The Dubbo Wool Clip event will cover presentations on: 1. Keeping flies, lice and worms under control (AWI) 2. Profitable and practical Merino management (AWI) 3. Sustainable pasture systems in any environment (AWI) Tara Park’s 7th Stonehaven Cup-winning team - Sydney 2012 4. New markets for Australian wool (AWI) 5. Wool and sheep meat – a global outlook (Rabobank) 6. Wether Trial results (NSW DPI) Canberra Royal 2012 7. Ewe size and efficiency – effects on whole farm �� Supreme Merino Medium/Strong Wool profitability (MLA) �� Best Pair DNRSA president, Garry Cox, said that holding the AWI Wool Clip event in Dubbo on August 29 was an ideal GSSM Canberra 2012 complement to the Rabobank Dubbo National Merino �� 18 Broad Ribbons Sheep Show and Ram Sale, making it an even more �� valuable event on the woolgrower’s calendar. Supreme Exhibit �� Most Successful Exhibitor “The committee felt hosting Wool Clip at this year’s show was a natural fit and an ideal time to offer growers the �� Best Pair latest information on the various research, development �� Grand Champion Ram and marketing endeavours at AWI.” �� Grand Champion Ewe & Reserve Questions and open discussion will take place at the end �� Junior Champion Ewe of each session. Where: Wool Pack Function Centre, Dubbo Showground, Fitzroy Street ON-PROPERTY RAM AUCTION When: Wednesday, 29 August 2012 TH Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2012, 1 pm To register your interest in attending AWI Wool Clip, or for more information, please contact Steve Lindsay, secretary, Guy & Anna Evans Rod & Adrienne DNRSA, ph 0429 340 988, email admin@dubboramsale. Ph: (02) 6385 3615 Ph: (02) 6385 3288 com.au Mob: 0427 439 102 Mob: 0428 853 288

24 25 Breeding future leaders

In late February a group representing the next generation of leaders of the wool industry completed the 2012 Breeding Leadership Course, Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) professional development course for young Bronte Doughton, putting in a day in the yards at “Bobingah”, Cooma. woolgrowers. The course was established in 2002 by the South - Carmen-Lee Campbell, Dubbo Australian Stud Merino Sheepbreeders’ Association - Bronte Doughton, “Wambidgee”, Cooma and became a national program in 2004 through the - John Murdoch, “Undowah”, Bibbenluke Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders (AASMB). - Luke Davis, “Merringina”, Brewarrina While AWI has supported the three previous courses, this - William MacAlpine, “Salisbury”, Girilambone year they took on full funding. The course was again held - Todd Whillock, Petali Poll stud, Walcha over four days in Clare, South Australia, and delivered by Bronte Doughton, 21, a Veterinary Science student at Rural Directions Pty Ltd. Charles Sturt University, Wagga, also works with stock for Breeding Leadership is designed for 20 to 35-year olds Bobingah Pty Ltd, a wool and beef grazing enterprise with currently working in the agricultural industry with a focus properties near Nimmitabel and out of Adelong. She is on wool production. This year’s 23 participants from all also a casual vet nurse/secretary at Cooma’s Monaro Vet around Australia included six from NSW; Clinic.

CORA LYNN R’gd Flock No. 1289

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Special Stud Sire Wanganella 0909 - Purchased Sept 2011 Wednesday September 19th Top-Priced Horn Ram Sold in Australia 2011 - $26,000 Contact: Rob Lindsay 02 6869 9661 Steve Lindsay 02 6869 9653 Classer: Allan Clarke 02 6882 8987 “Cora Lynn”, Peak Hill NSW 2869 Email: [email protected]

26 27 After completion of her degree, Bronte hopes to work in flock health and production management. “I feel we need to carefully manage wool marketing, focusing on its superior natural characteristics and environmentally green image over polyester and cotton,” she said. “Additionally we need to maintain the national flock and wool clip by reducing the temptation for wool producers to convert to prime lamb production for short-term gain. Finally there is great need to stay united as an industry and not fail against outside pressures but proactively address issues, such as welfare, by our own terms,” Bronte said in looking to the industry’s future. She said the course was an amazing opportunity to refine her skills in business, communication and leadership and credited AWI and Rural Directions with putting together an extensive and challenging program. As one of the younger members of the group she said she was “inspired and comforted by the calibre of young men and women there, confident that they will form a solid backbone for the Australian wool industry.” Similarly, Carmen-Lee Campbell, 23, Landmark’s wool area manager – Central Western NSW, based in Dubbo, said the course was “an incredible experience, increasing my optimism for the future of the Australian wool industry and equipping me with new skills which enable me to better service my clients within my current role”. Carmen-Lee identified some outcomes as strategic planning and time-management skills enhancement, leading to increased efficiency in her work; techniques on media management; the development of a wide network of like-minded young people who share a passion for the sheep and wool industry; and learning leadership skills and the importance of sound leadership within agricultural businesses. “I returned feeling much more empowered to face the daily challenges within my current role and with a much more positive mindset overall,” she said. “I would like to undertake further study involving sheep and wool science, as well as travelling overseas to view the processing and marketing of Australian wool in different countries,” Carmen-Lee said. Ultimately she sees herself as the owner of a productive Merino breeding flock, “focused on maximising genetic potential and achieving maximum profits while maintaining or improving natural resources.” Carmen-Lee’s workforce experience through her school years and to date would suggest her ambitions are well within reach. She has already had extensive on-farm experience, from the full gamut of stock-work on her family’s property and in other areas of NSW, to semen collection at Macquarie Artificial Breeders and work as a veterinary assistant. From 2006 until early last year, Carmen-Lee was employed as a professional shearer. At this year’s Royal Easter Show she was winner of the TAFE /AWEX NSW-Qld Graduate Wool Classing Competition and runner-up in the inaugural AWEX national competition. AWI’s head of on-farm research development and extension, Jane Littlejohn, was impressed with the vision and passion shown by the participants. She said this next generation could see “plenty of opportunities for wool, not only at the farm level, but also from a consumer perspective”. “Already we can see them stepping up in the industry, with some taking leadership positions on AWI extensions networks; one has also been selected to take part in the Sheep CRC strategy day,” she added.

26 27 Wattle Grove - top of the Tablelands

From its home-base of Mudgee and across the Central Pictured at the presentations that followed the Tablelands Flock Ewe Tablelands flanking the Castlereagh Highway, the Mudgee Competition at Mudgee Bowling Club are Chris Naake, Coopers Animal Show Society’s annual Tablelands Flock Ewe Competition Health (competition major sponsors), Tony Price, “Boiga View”, Pyramul (3rd place), Mick Inder, “Wattle Grove”, Dunedoo (competition winner), took place over the two days of February 15 and 16 this Elwyn Croake, representing his son Jamie, “Eldon Court”, Ilford (2nd year. place), and Jack Webb, “Cooyal Station”, Mudgee (encouragement In its 13th year, carloads of spectators travelled 800 award). kilometres from Dunedoo and Cassilis in the north with offshoots to Goolma and Cooyal; then south to Hargraves, Judges were impressed with the large frames of the Rylstone and Pyramul to the southernmost point, Ilford. yarding of 210 May-shorn ewes, seeing them also as highly productive and extremely even in wool type and Judges of this year’s competition, Allan Dawson, Winyar size. stud, Canowindra and Danny Picker of Hillcreston Park stud, Bigga, were joined by associate, Jack Webb, In second place was Jamie Croake, “Eldon Court”, Ilford, Mudgee. They were impressed with the commitment a young Merino breeder whose flock has been on Glanna and dedication to Merino breeding shown by the 12 flock and Laraben Poll bloodlines for the past six years. His 100 owners who exhibited their two-tooth ewes in this year’s July-shorn ewes averaged 17-micron. competition. Well-known names in superfine wool breeding, and First place was awarded to the Inder family’s Wattle Grove winners of this competition in the previous two years, Tony Partnership, “Wattle Grove”, Dunedoo, a flock that has and Winsome Price, “Boiga View”, Pyramul, were third- been on Langdene blood for 28 years. The Inder’s flock placed. On Merryville blood for over 40 years, the Prices has an average micron of 19, with average cut of 7.5kg. displayed 370 October shorn ewes from their flock that has an average micron of 17.5. The encouragement award went to Cooyal Pastoral Company, “Cooyal Station”, Mudgee. The Mudgee Show Society particularly thanked sponsors, Coopers Animal Health, Tomimbil Seeds, Elders, AWN, Landmark, Don Macdonald & Co, Stock & Rural Gulgong, Rylstone Ag Supplies and Westoil Petroleum. The competition also enjoys sponsorship from what must be a record number of stud Merino breeders in the region: Oak Hills, Bocoble, Laraben, Grathlyn, Pomanara, Maroombah, Cassilis Park, Pemcaw, Langdene, Allendale, Glanna and Ronjabar studs. Secretary of the organising committee, Brett Cooper, who is also Central West NSW regional manager for Australian Wool Network (AWN), said that there is a unique aspect to the competition with the area covering a wide variety of sheep, wool types and topography; from the hill country to the flats. He said that this year’s competition provided a very informative and educational two days that could be highly recommended to anyone in the Merino industry. “Producers are encouraged to consider entering the 2013 competition which will be held at the same time next year,” he said. Further information: Brett Cooper, ph (02) 6372 0044 or 0407 136 129.

Inspecting ewes at the Evans family’s “Coomber” at Rylstone.

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30 31 David Palmer’s family has run One Oak blood Merinos for 44 years at Genetic Jerilderie. selection ticks boxes

By KIM WOODS Filling wool bins and count-out pens is the bottom line for the Palmer family’s wool enterprise. David Palmer wants productive sheep ticking all the right boxes for greasy fleece weight (GFW), yield and bodyweight. The Palmers run 3000 One Oak-blood Merino ewes – in fact, the family has stuck with the same bloodline for more than four decades. Three to four-year-old One Oak blood ewes grazing native pastures at The sheep dovetail with a broadacre cropping enterprise Wingidgeon. on the 4858 hectare property, Wingidgeon, at Jerilderie, in southern NSW. The sheep are rotationally grazed on 1417ha of dryland David placed 11th out of 50 entrants in the wool lucerne and a mix of native grasses and saltbush. The component of the 2010-2012 Peter Westblade Memorial family like to get their May-drop wether lambs off by Merino Challenge – Australia’s biggest commercial Merino November in the annual Jerilderie breeders’ sale. The genetic evaluation trial. draft averaged $110 last year to restockers. The Palmer’s team finished with a total sheep value “In the good old days, we ran wethers as one-and-a- (based on a five-year wool and mutton price average) half-year-olds, got two wool clips and then sold them of $243.88. At the trial’s second shearing, the Palmer off-shears but the drought finished that,” Mr Palmer said. team averaged 21.1-micron, had a GFW of 7.7kg and “Now they are sold as stores and occasionally the tops bodyweight of 63.1kg. The wethers had an average clean go to the fat market, but that’s seasonal. We need to be fleece weight of 5.1kg, the second heaviest cut of the trial adaptable at the end of the day.” for 11 months wool, and had a yield five per cent better In the past, older ewes have sold to NSW and North-East than average. Victorian restockers but were retained last year to rebuild “The One Oak Merinos are good all-round purpose sheep flock numbers. “At one stage we did join five-year-old for the wheat-sheep belt,” Mr Palmer said. “They have the ewes to other maternal sires but have stuck with Merinos bodyweight and size combined with high greasy fleece to keep it simple,” Mr Palmer said. “We have had 44 weight,” he said. years of genetic selection with a lot of time and effort put Each year One Oak stud principal Graham Wells classes into the ewe flock.” the maiden ewes at Wingidgeon. David and Graham The Palmers shear in late September-early October believe the classing programme should select for quality before the grain harvest and to avoid grass seed and not work to a particular percentage. problems. The flock average for the adult ewes is 21.3 “Graham is very particular with his sheep – he loves micron with fleece weights averaging 8.15kg. The last the industry and his hard work over many years has consignment of wool sold in November at $1530 a bale paid off,” Mr Palmer said. “We have benefitted from his (GFW) and had a staple strength of 41 Newtons per enthusiasm and expertise. The sheep are bred to suit our kilotex. environment.” “Last year was our biggest average cut per ewe. We Set in a 400mm rainfall zone, the farm consists of red and want those big, free growing, easy-care sheep with the grey loams with native timber of yellow box, buloke and bodyweight,” Mr Palmer said. Murray pine. The Palmers crop 2429 hectares of wheat, Lambing has ranged from 87 to 95pc over the past few barley, canola and field peas. Crops are sown in one-pass years. Ram selection is based on well nourished wool with using precision guidance tillage systems. staple length on a plainer body. “We want a big heavy During the drought, irrigation allocations dropped to zero cutting fleece on a big frame so we can sell the wether and the Palmers were forced to lay 40km of poly pipe and portion for meat or wool,” Mr Palmer said. install up to seven bores to keep stock alive. The Merino “It doesn’t matter if a sheep is horned or polled, as long as flock was reduced to a core nucleus of 2500 ewes. it is a productive animal.”

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On Adina blood, the flock is classed by Dean Incher “We are a friendly competition. It’s about education. We (winner of last year’s competition), “Mayfield”, Dry Plains. all benefit from the judges’ comments and learn from The 151 prize-winning ewes were from the Buckley’s them so we can improve our flocks,” he said. 1000 head ewe flock that averages between 19- and 20- The competition’s secretary, Don Southwell, Carleon Park, micron with an average fleece weight of 7.5 kilograms. Bredbo, in commenting on the success of this year’s Judges this year were Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek competition and the standard, which “is getting higher Merino and Poll studs, Reids Flat, and Victorian breeder, with each passing year”, also commended the judges. Robert Harding, Glen Donald stud, Nhill. “They were outstanding and were able to convey a wealth Mr Harding was impressed with what he saw this year. of information to us in a plain English way that we could all “There was a tremendous lot of good heavy cutting, understand,” he said. quality wool present in most of the flocks I’ve seen.” Coming in for high praise all around were not only the The Buckleys also won the people’s choice award and the organising committee, but also the caterers and the prize for a medium wool flock. The fine wool award went travelling ‘dunny’. to Mort Suthern, “Crieve Hill”, Berridale, and this year’s novice award was presented to Ross and Susan Walters, “Brick Kiln”, Numbla Vale. The competition was conducted over two days in early May with some 120 spectators in all; one of whom later commented “Everyone had their sheep in great shape and condition and they were so willing to share their secrets.” Competition president, Lawrence Clifford, “Bindaree”, Rocky Plain, who along with his wife, Melissa, won the F. No. 4991 - P.F. No. 1095 trophy for a flock under 500 ewes, said “The competition provides an opportunity for competitors and spectators to ON-PROPERTY RAM SALE learn about a range of topics relating to wool production and sheep breeding from highly regarded judges. Friday 19 October 2012 www.uardry.com

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26104_v1_ZOLVIX AUS 11 Beyond the Bale FP.indd 2 29/07/11 2:04 PM �� Ox shows �� strength in �� Victorian trial �� By KIM WOODS A NSW Merino ram has left its mark on an interstate sire evaluation trial with dominant results for weaning weight and worm resistance. �� Kevin and Glen Rubie, of Lachlan Merinos, Forbes, with a seven-month- The ram, Lachlan Merino 80SP30 or “Ox”, has emerged old ewe lamb sired by trial leading ram and semen sire, Ox. in the Elders Victorian Sire Evaluation as a leader in post weaning weight, with progeny averaging 24.3kg. This was Glen Rubie has been selecting for the dual purpose 2.7kg heavier than the trial average of 21.6kg. qualities of quick growth rates and wool quality in young Ox was also the leader on worm egg counts for strongyle sheep for more than 20 years. (round worm), cutting worm burdens by half the trial Glen and his wife Margot believe selling Merino lambs into average. The ram has a yearling WEC (worm egg count) the prime lamb market is a key to profitability for modern breeding value of -70. sheep producers. Glen said the higher growth rates led to Lachlan Merinos stud principal Glen Rubie, of Forbes, improved conception rates in maiden ewes. said there was no need for commercial wool growers to “Ox was born a quad and we are looking forward � look beyond the Merino for growth rate and carcass to to seeing how fertile his progeny are, as weaning � �� increase profitability. percentage is critical in making Merinos more profitable,” Coordinated by the Balmoral Breeders Group, the trial is Glen said. The ram has a breeding value of 3.6kg for run at Edenhope, in western Victoria. Thirty-five Merino weaning weight and 4.4kg for yearling weight. Glen � BONTARA - F. No 4629 �� sires, including two dual purpose Dohnes, from Victoria, said the Ox progeny at Lachlan Merinos had shown � exceptional body length, bone and staple length. “Ox is NSW, South Australia and Western Australia,PO Boxwere 147, joined Gundagai 2722 to mature commercial Merino fine wool ewes. Two link genetically half-polled soContact we will join his ewe progeny to Phone: (02) 6945 3143polled a.h. sires next year.” � sires, including Lachlan Merinos’s Ox, werePhone: used by(02) 6944 0200 b.h. Paul Luff �� artificial insemination. This year, the trial is being run in Glen selects for deep crimping, heavy cutting and silky � � Fax: (02) 6944 1475 525-625mm rainfall country with a carrying capacity of white wools at 13 months of age. The family runs a flock 12-15 DSE a hectare. Email: [email protected] 600 stud ewes averaging 19.5 micron and cutting �� The 2010 and 2011 drop progeny are measured for the an average of 9kg. “I sell the majority of rams with milk � wool traits of micron, yield, staple strength and length. teeth at 12 months of age as I believe that’s the way the Visual classing included colour, dust, character and wool industry should be going,’’ Glen said. “We are chasing structure. Data was also collected on bodyweight, worm worm resistance as in those wetter areas, such as the egg count, fleece rot, body wrinkle, eye muscle area and New England, people are having trouble with drench resistance.” fat depth. OTTERBOURNE - F. No 1767 Glen used the Victorian Sire Evaluation trial as a Balmoral Breeders Group chairman TomOTTERBOURNE Silcock said the - Poll F. No 1269 trial provided an objective comparison between Merinos benchmark comparison for the stud. “I know how Ox “Otterbourne”, Wargeila Road,rates Yass with 2582 wool cut andContact growth rate over my own sheep and dual purpose breeds. “There is no doubt we are Sam Bucknell targeting animals pushing down that dual purposePhone: road (02) 6227 3210but the trial was run in very different country compared to but our trial is still� very much focused on wool,’’Fax: Mr (02)Silcock 6227 3209our 450mm rainfall,” he said. said. “There are good Merinos out thereEmail: exhibiting [email protected] those “Over the past 10 years people have gone all their capabilities, such as the Lachlan Merinos ram which had different ways chasing dual purpose breeds, and progeny almost three kilograms heavier than the average have forgotten about Merinos. This trial result is a at weaning. That is a great outcome for animal health and great example of how the breed not only equaled but �� producers taking wethers to kill weights.” outperformed dual purpose sheep.” �� STONEY VIEW - F. No 4559

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The last time the Evans family’s Tara Park stud showed in Sydney they had the supreme exhibit with their best ewe. Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa, with his best ewe of the 2012 Sydney That was in 2009, and this year the Boorowa-based stud Sheep Show. Wayne Jenkins photo came close, again taking the best ewe title, but with the supreme award going to the van Eyk family’s Shalimar group included progeny of Langdene’s 2009 Rabobank Park ram (see cover story). Supreme Australian ram, among them the Sydney Three of the 6 Merino grand champions eligible for this fixture’s champion fine/medium wool ram and champion year’s best ewe title were from the Tara Park show team, fine wool ewe. with the ultimate winner being the stud’s medium wool Langdene was also most successful exhibitor in August- grand champion that had also been champion medium shorn classes at this year’s Sydney Show. wool March-shorn ewe. The Otway Falkiner Perpetual Cup for the best group The four-tooth ewe was also grand champion ewe at this of five Poll Merinos went to James and Sheryl Derrick’s year’s Great Southern Supreme Merino (GSSM) show in Karoola Downs Poll stud, Adelong, for the second year on Canberra. the trot. As on their last Sydney showing in 2009, Tara Park took Also notching up a back-to-back win was Michael and out the Stonehaven Cup for the best exhibit of five March- Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek stud, Reids Flat, near shorn Merinos, this year for the 7th time. The winning Boorowa, when they secured the Tom Culley Award for group included the grand champion fine-medium wool the best junior Merino exhibit. ewe and reserve, and the influence of Tara Park 4202 was While the decision of the judges was unanimous, in a again to the fore with three of the team being sired by the further repeat of last year’s Tom Culley Award judging, ram that was also sire of the entire 2009 group. it was the junior champion Poll Merino ram from the For four years the Cox family’s Langdene stud, Dunedoo, Armstrong family’s Pemcaw Poll stud that was also a has placed in the Bruce Merriman Memorial Merino serious contender. Perpetual Trophy for five August-shorn sheep, and this Spokesperson for the panel of judges, Ross McGauchie, year they stepped into the number one position. The Terrick West stud, Prairie, Victoria, said the decision had been close between the top three finalists, “but in the end it was unanimous”. “The Grassy Creek ewe was beautifully put together and her long staple length and good wool cover put her over the line.” At this year’s GSSM, the ewe was grand champion Poll Merino ewe and at 11-months-old, was also champion Poll Merino exhibit at last year’s Rabobank National Show in Dubbo. Keeping it in the family, her half-brother was named grand champion Poll Merino ram. Both had been sired by influential Western Australian sire, Coromandel Sir Thomas. For the third time in four years, One Oak, the Jerilderie- based stud of Graham and Mary Wells, showed the NSW champion pair which will go on to contest the national title in Bendigo in July, an award that the stud took out on both previous occasions. As well, the stud showed the March- 100 years ago: At the 1912 Sydney Sheep Show, shorn pair. this ram from Urangeline Co, “Urangeline”, Albury, was grand champion unhoused ram. The housed Both the grand champion medium wool Merino ram and grand champion that year was from Est. James reserve grand were from One Oak, the stud’s August- Gibson, Tasmania. shorn ram narrowly pipping the March-shorn ram at the post.

36 37 Included in the stud’s tally were the awards for grand champion fine wool Merino ram, reserve grand champion medium wool Merino ewe and reserve grand champion strong wool Merino ram. Undoubtedly among the most enthusiastic and dedicated devotees of the show scene, Graham and Mary Wells were also rewarded with the award for most successful exhibitor in medium wool classes for the second consecutive year. For the third year in a row, Wal and George Merriman’s Merryville stud, Boorowa, was most successful exhibitor in open superfine and fine wool classes with awards including grand champion superfine Merino ewe and the Poll equivalent. A full afternoon was devoted to the objective measurement classes, this year expanded to four with 35 entries overall. 75 years ago: In 1937, the champion strong wool ram of Est. F.E. Body, Bundemar, Trangie, was Winning ram in the two to four tooth class was from the grand champion ram at Sydney Sheep Show. the Barron family’s Adina stud, Cooma, cutting 12.4 Bundemar also showed the Stonehaven Cup team kilograms of 17.8-micron wool with a fleece value of that year and W.T. Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa, $141.49, shorn weight of 112.5kg and eye muscle depth exhibited the grand champion ewe. (EMD) of 33 millimetres. The Demondrille stud of Patrick and Andrew Davis, Harden, won the over six-tooth ram class with a 14.3kg fleece of 17-micron wool valued at $170, and shorn weight of 120kg measuring 43mm EMD. The show’s grand champion strong wool ewe from Tara Park won the two to four tooth ewe class with a daughter of One Oak 8004 that was Sydney supreme in 2009. She cut 14.4kg of 19.5-micron wool valued at $135 and weighed 90kg shorn with 38.5mm EMD. A full brother to this ewe, and a ram that caused considerable interest at the show, One Oak’s reserve grand champion medium wool ram and champion medium wool ram, cut the heaviest fleece overall at 18.4kg with a shorn body weight of 105kg. The top placed ewe in the six tooth class came from the Alcock family’s Greenland stud, Bungarby – an 18.4- micron ewe with a fleece value of $127.89, weight of 82.5kg and 36mm EMD. Winner and runner-up in this year’s RAS/ASC Merino Sheep In this year’s fleece show, the Rayner family’s Grathlyn, State Judging Competition, Jock Capel and Peta Bradley, behind Hargraves, repeated their success of last year, exhibiting the Hugh Lydiard Memorial Perpetual Trophy donated by past the grand champion fleece and reserve grand. Their top employees of Egelabra Merino stud. Jock holds the NSW Stud fleece, from last year’s reserve champion superfine ewe Merino Breeders’ Association perpetual trophy. at this venue, was a 5.8kg fleece measuring 16.9-micron. David and Tina Watson’s Maister’s Swamp, Kentucky, Capel genetics breed on won the most successful exhibitor award. History repeated itself at this year’s RAS/ASC Merino January 30, 2013 – Closing date for Merino sheep and Sheep State Judging Competition final when 15- fleece entries in the 2013 Sydney Sheep Show at the year-old Jock Capel, Bungulla, Manilla, won the Sydney Royal. award that his father, Peter, had taken out in 1985. Information: Contact Megan Giannini, RAS Jock, a Year 9 student at Calrossy Anglican School, sheep competitions, ph (02) 9704 1227 or email Tamworth, has been entering judging competitions [email protected] with success for seven years, and this year was finally old enough to qualify for the Sydney final. Ultimately he plans to return home to the family Megan Giannini, property but for the immediate future after RAS sheep completing his schooling, he aims to attend coordinator, university to study agriculture and gain further sashes the NSW experience as a jackeroo. finalists in the 2012 National Jock will now go on to represent NSW in the national Pair of the Year judging competition final in Perth. competition, held by Mary Second placed, Peta Bradley, 16, from Armatree, and Graham who had also qualified for Sydney finals in fleece, Wells, One Oak meat sheep and beef cattle judging competitions, stud, Jerilderie. hopes to study veterinary science once she leaves school.

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38 39 40 41 Gai Rayner, BERRIDALE Grathlyn Merino and Lynford Poll studs, Hargraves, presents the sash for grand champion Poll Merino ewe of the show to Murray Power, Airlie Poll, Walcha. March-shorn, the ewe was also champion fine wool Poll Merino ewe.

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Lou Armstrong, president of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association, and exhibitor, Leo Blanch, West Vale stud, Wollun, with his grand champion ultrafine Merino ewe, held Champion & Res Champion Superfine Rams by stud overseer, Scott Matthews. SYDNEY 2012 RESULTS �� Grand Champion Fine Wool Ewe �� Junior Champion March-Shorn Ram �� Res. Grand Champion Superfine Ram �� Champion Superfine August Ram & Reserve �� Champion Fine Wool March Ewe �� Reserve Champion Superfine March Ram �� Reserve Champion Superfine August Ewe �� 2nd NSW National Pair Alison van Eyk, �� Shalimar Park 2nd Best Exhibit of 5 August-Shorn Sheep stud, Wollun, CANBERRA GSSM 2012 with her grand �� 8 Broad Ribbons champion ultrafine Merino ram �� Top-Priced Sale Ram at $10,000 being sashed by CANBERRA ROYAL 2012 outgoing president of the Australian �� Broad Ribbons include Supreme Superfine Ram Association of Stud Merino Breeders, Tom Annual Ram Sale Ashby, North Ashrose, Gulnare, South Australia. Tuesday Photos courtesy The Land 13 November 2012 Dalgety Showground - 12 p.m.

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40 41 50 years ago: In 1962, at the stud’s first attempt, Uardry, Hay, won the Stonehaven Cup at Sydney Sheep Show. It was also the first time that the stud had shown ewes at Sydney Sheep Show. The winning team included the grand champion strong wool ram on the right and grand champion strong wool ewe on the extreme left. During that decade there were no awards for overall grand champions. Holders are Peter Lloyd, Hugh Lydiard, Tom Lilburne, Vic Oats and John Bell. That year, Uardry’s sale ewes in Sydney sold to 195 guineas averaging a then record £168.

Max and Gai Rayner, Peter and Cade Grathlyn stud Lette, Conrayn, Hargraves, with Berridale, with their grand their grand champion and champion fine reserve grand wool ewe. champion Wayne Jenkins photo fleeces at this year’s Sydney Royal. Photo courtesy The Land

RAS sheep and wool committee chairman, Tim Slack-Smith, with Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek Poll stud, Reids Flat, and the grand champion Poll Merino ram of the show, a March-shorn ram 25 years ago: At the 1987 Sydney Sheep Show, which had earlier Merryville stud, Boorowa, won their 17th Stonehaven been champion fine/medium wool Cup. Pictured with the team are Bruce, Ron, Michael Poll ram. (Bimbo) and Charlie Merriman, and David Holgate. Last year, the stud secured their 25th Stonehaven Cup in the award’s 75th year. The supreme exhibit in 1987 was shown by Malcolm Swain’s Genanegie stud, Peak Hill.

42 43 The Otway Falkiner Perpetual Cup winning team from James and Sheryl Derrick’s Karoola Downs Poll stud, Adelong, being sashed by NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, and held by Katelyn Burton, Sophie Watson, Tom Boucher, Samantha Wan, and Dan Korff. Photo courtesy The Land The Bruce Merriman Memorial Perpetual Trophy winning group from the Cox family’s Langdene stud, Dunedoo, being sashed by Ray Wise, Kilburnie Downs stud, The Rock, and held by Garry and Gordon Cox, Lauryn Stewart, Ben Simmons and Will Kettle. Photo courtesy The Land

President of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Judge Warren Association, Lou McRae, Oakbank Armstrong, Pemcaw stud, St Arnaud, stud, Dunedoo, with Victoria, Michael Corkhill, with three Grassy Creek, Reids generations of Flat, and the stud’s the Jones family, second consecutive Ray, Hugh best junior Merino and Russell, exhibit. Darriwell stud, Photo courtesy The Land Trundle, and their grand champion strong wool ram.

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42 43 Monaro Merino Muster trumps on debut The winning pen of three rams from Drew and Laura Chapman’s West Plains Polls stud, Delegate with MMA president, Mark Pendergast; Kim Cartwright, Southern Tablelands Fibre Testing, Laggan; Drew and Jackie The decision of the Monaro Merino Association (MMA) Chapman; and Simon King, Avonside stud, Cooma. and the Berridale Agricultural Bureau to combine forces to offer a three-day experience of stud and commercial In the Monaro commercial ewe of the year competition, genetics in the Monaro proved a winning formula in early nine producers who had entered pens of ewes, selected May. their best ewe to compete on an individual basis. Doug Constance and Jenny Wetselaar took out this prize. The inaugural Monaro Merino Muster was conducted in perfect autumn weather at Cooma Showground, generally The showground’s main pavilion housed the inaugural agreed to be one of the best facilities in regional NSW, Monaro Wool Awards for the fleece of the year and the with Cooma Show Society also participating in the joint champion commercial value fleece. There were 42 venture. fleeces contesting the prizes valued at $1400, donated by the wool brokers of the Monaro. A crowd of around 300 were in attendance with visitors attracted from South Australia, Victoria, the Riverina and Fleeces had to be from unhoused ewes or wethers Central West of NSW, as well as the Southern Tablelands running on the Monaro, and had to have been placed at and Monaro regions. one of the local shows. Along with stud and commercial Merino sheep and fleece Judged by Sam Green, Gordon Litchfield Wool, Cooma, competitions, a range of trade and industry displays the Monaro fleece of the year award went to Don and and demonstrations made a full industry day that was Lyn Southwell, Carleon Park stud, Bredbo, with a score appreciated by all. of 91.1. A second fleece from the Southwells finished in second place with a score of 91. Among the day’s competitions were the judging of the Monaro commercial pen of eight ewes, sponsored by Third place went to Michael Green, Boudjah stud, Cooma, Gordon Litchfield and the Monaro commercial ewe of the with a score of 90.3. year, sponsored by Fabstock, both carrying $1000 cash Don and Lyn Southwell also took out the highest prizes. commercial value award with a 16.8-micron fleece valued Judging was in the hands of Robert Harding, Glen Donald, at $84.31. Nhill, Victoria, current holder of the Rabobank Australian Close behind was Bombala High School with a 21.3- Supreme Merino Ram title. micron fleece valued at $83.93 and the McGufficke family Of the twelve pens of eight 18-month-old ewes, the of “Greendale”, Berridale, took out third place with a 17.7- winning pen came from Laurence and Melissa Clifford, micron fleece valued at $76.31. “Bindaree”, Rocky Plain via Berridale, with Mort Suthern, The Southern Tablelands Fibre Testing premium pen “Crieve Hill”, Berridale, in second place, and Doug of three rams was open to March-shorn rams from Constance and Jenny Wetselaar, “Werralong”, Berridale, the participating studs. Fourteen teams contested this in third. prestigious prize, valued at $1000, with judging by NSW Mr Harding praised the entrants on their excellent Stud Merino Breeders’ Association vice-president, James management and the wool cutting ability of their hoggets. Derrick, Karoola Downs Poll stud, Adelong. Entries were drawn from the three Monaro Shires, The final line-up of four teams came from Adina, Cooma, Bombala and Snowy River. Greenland, Round Plain and West Plains Poll studs.

44 45 44 45 The Top Twenty

NSW TOP RAM SALES 2011 * NSW TOP SEMEN SALES 2011 * Stud Rams Sold Stud Doses 1 Pooginook/Pooginook Poll 1352 1 Roseville Park/Roseville Park Poll 3295 2 Egelabra 1320 2 Centre Plus Poll 2350 3 Poll Boonoke/Wanganella 989 3 Nerstane 2120 4 Haddon Rig/Haddon Rig Poll 821 4 Poll Boonoke/Wanganella 810 5 Pastora 635 5 Lachlan Merinos/Lachlan Poll 778 6 Roseville Park/Roseville Park Poll 633 6 Langdene 680 7 Uardry/Sims Uardry/Sims Uardry Poll 595 7 Grassy Creek/Grassy Creek Poll 610 8 Centre Plus Poll 501 8 Pastora 590 9 Merryville/Merryville Poll/Merryville Murgha 493 9 Kerin Poll 586 10 Hazeldean 447 10 Tara Park 480 11 Woodpark Poll 429 11 West Plains Poll 440 12 Nerstane/Nerstane Poll 424 12 Sims Uardry/Sims Uardry Poll 410 13 One Oak/One Oak No 2 395 13 Cressbrook 315 14 Kerin Poll 386 14 Pooginook/Pooginook Poll 310 15 Yarrawonga/Yarrawonga Poll 360 15 Petali Poll 263 16 Mumblebone 355 16 Bulgandri Poll 200 17 Bundilla 320 17 Middle View/Middle View Poll 320 17 One Oak/One Oak No 2 125 19 Towalba/Towalba Poll 307 18 Demondrille 100 20 Bogo/Bogo Poll 280 18 Grathlyn 100 18 Maister’s Swamp/Maister’s Swamp Poll 100 18 Woodpark Poll 100

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46 47 Drew and Laura Chapman, Hinesville Merino and West Plains Poll studs, Delegate, won the competition with a team from their West Plains Poll stud. In praising the quality of all entrants, Mr Derrick said that the evenness and growth of the group from West Plains won the day. Twelve of the Monaro’s Merino studs staged displays on the manicured lawns with many also showing fleeces which had won major awards at the Sydney Royal and the Australian Fleece Competition in Bendigo. Young Merino rams showed the great growth rates and quality that a once in a life-time autumn can bring. Sires and breeding ewes gave visitors a good cross-section view of what the Monaro has to offer. During the day there was also a shearing demonstration by champion shearer, Ian Elkins, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, who also provided shearing training with several local high school students going on to further training with Ian later in the year. Working dog demonstrations and dog training advice by Neil Lynch were also popular with visitors. MMA president, Mark Pendergast, Cottage Park, Cooma, said that the success of the event, particularly for the first time, exceeded expectations. “It was great. The highlights of the day were the judging of the pen of ewes and the ewe of the year,” Mr Pendergast said. The MMA hopes that the Muster will become a regular event, either annually or biennially. Winners of the Fabstock commercial ewe of the year and the Gordon Litchfield pen of eight ewes, Simon King with the ewe from “Crieve Hill”, Over the following two days, the Berridale Agricultural that was second-placed; Doug Constance, “Werralong”, Berridale, with Bureau Ewe Competition was held with many visitors to the ewe of the year from his third-placed pen of ewes; and Laurence the Muster continuing to enjoy the sights and flocks of the Clifford, “Bindaree”, Rocky Plain, winner of the pen of eight ewes; and Monaro. judge, Robert Harding. Photos courtesy The Monaro Post

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46 47 The feature event, the Sky Racing Narromine Gold Cup, with prize money of $26,000, has been run annually since 1925 and last year attracted a field of fourteen starters. Other races in the eight-race program, with $131,000 in prize money, will include the Midstate Merino Field Days handicap. After conclusion of the first race, the Elders Midstate Hogget Ram of the Year will be judged at 1.15 p.m. bringing with it $1,250 prize money for the first three place Rams and getters. Studs on display will exhibit a broad cross section of sires, on property sale rams and a preview of their Rabobank Races Dubbo National Ram sale teams, giving visitors a great opportunity to compare different bloodlines and breeding Top quality Merino sheep and a packed racing program; philosophies, all at one site. what could be a better combination for a day out? The Midstate member studs are Allendale, Darriwell, On Sunday 19 August, the Midstate Merino Field Days Genanegie, GullenGamble, Karowara Plains, Kerin Poll, committee will celebrate their thirtieth year of displaying Lachlan Merino, Langdene, Maybrook, Roseville Park, the best rams they have on offer to fellow sheep breeders. Towalba, Weealla and Westray. It should be noted that this is a date change for the event Admission to the event will be $15 per person and studs listed on the NSW 2012 Merino Calendar as 7 September. will be on display from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Top-class bar In an exciting new format, the thirteen member studs from and luncheon facilities are also available during these the NSW Central West will mount their annual display in hours. conjunction with the Narromine Sky Racing Gold Cup at For many racegoers, the Fashions on the Field Narromine Racecourse and Showground. competition is the main event with attractive prizes for the The race day is the highlight of the Narromine social best dressed ladies and gentlemen; this year you can calendar and attracts up to 700 people, mainly from dress up, place a bet and see some of the best sheep in the surrounding farming community and outlying areas the Central West, all at the one venue. within a 200 kilometre radius. It is anticipated that these Further information: Midstate Field Days president, numbers will swell this year with the opportunity to also Matthew Coddington, phone (02) 6887 7286, or Field view the 650 sheep in the Elders Midstate Merino Field Days secretary, Sue Hood (Dubbo Show office), phone Days. (02) 6882 4364, or visit www.midstatemerinos.com.au

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Gary Kopp with Towalba’s 2011 Elders Midstate hogget ram of • Will train purchaser the year. Wayne Jenkins photo Buy some or the lot 2011 Elders Midstate hogget ram The best machinery and business of the year Can easily be moved elsewhere In August last year, the title of Elders Midstate hogget ram of the year went to an 18-micron, 120kg ram from the Stock, real estate, trade site list Kopp family’s Towalba stud, Peak Hill. Stud co-principal, Garry Kopp said that the well structured “This is the best fine wool business left” ram had shown early promise and was a son of the competition’s 2008 reserve champion. “He’s got a lot of Contact the owner, Bobby Parker attributes like his bone and structure and he is going to cut Australian Knitting Mills a lot of wool,” Mr Kopp said. Australian Wool Mills Runner-up to the title was a ram from Matthew and Cherie 13 Hood Street, Collingwood Vic 3066 Coddington’s Roseville Park, Dubbo and Russell Jones, Darriwell, Trundle, showed the third-placed ram. Ph: 0428 130 049

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Stud classer, Andrew Calvert, Launceston, Tasmania (buying on behalf NSW New England studs top sale of W and C Von Bibra), with Geoff Notman, Mt Widderin stud, Skipton, Victoria, Jock MacRae, Eilan Donan stud, Elphinstone, Vic, and vendors, The Australian Sheep and Wool Show and Merino Ram John, Jock (holding the $26,000 top-price ram) and Hamish McLaren, Sale in Bendigo last July again proved a good showcase Nerstane, Woolbrook. for NSW Merino genetics when member studs accounted for the four top prices at the sale, the grand champion Next in the order of sales was a ram from the Walton fleece, the breeders’ group and several grand champions. family’s Wurrook stud, Rokewood, Vic, which went for $10,000 to a NSW syndicate of Laraben, Bocoble and It was the McLaren family’s Nerstane, Woolbrook, which Shalimar Park studs. topped the sale when Nerstane N318, their 2011 Sydney Sheep Show supreme exhibit, went under the hammer for The Barty family also took ownership of the sixth ram in $26,000. the sale order, outlaying $8500 for a ram from Peter and Jayne Lette’s Conrayn stud, Berridale. N318 had also won the six-tooth objective measurement at last year’s Sydney Royal and had a pedigree of proven Overall, there were 89 rams sold for an average of $3565 sires. In the Sydney production class, N318’s 19-micron – up $591 on the 2010 average. fleece had a commercial value of $186.19, cutting 14.3kg NSW in the major awards of wool and with eye muscle of 40mm. In the show ring, where East Mundalla stud, WA, took out The syndicate buyers were the Von Bibra family, Beaufront the supreme Merino exhibit title, Glen Donald showed the stud, Ross, Tasmania, who retains possession, and Victorian Merino ram, and Rock-Bank stud had the grand Victorian semen partners, Mt Widderin and Eilan Donan champion Merino ewe, studs from NSW had half the studs. grand champions that stood against them. Vendors of the $46,000 top price ram at last year’s Grathlyn, Shalimar Park, Nerstane, Poll Boonoke, Grassy Bendigo sale, also from the New England area, Chris and Creek, Alfoxton Poll, Edithvale and Willandra, all shared in Cindy Clonan, Alfoxton Merino and Poll studs, Armidale, grand championships and Alfoxton Poll also had the best sold the next three top-priced rams. exhibit of three Poll Merinos. The Barty family, Beverley stud, Redesdale, Vic, who were Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s Roseville Park, Dubbo, part of the syndicate that bought Alfoxton’s sale-topper secured the prestigious group of five Merinos, with the last year, paid $16,000 for a 14.8-micron horned ram, a reserve going to Langdene, Dunedoo. Roseville Park full brother to Alfoxton Diplomat. was also runner-up to Glen Donald in the Stock & Land Two Alfoxton Poll rams then sold for $15,500 and $14,000 National Merino pair of the year award. respectively. The top-priced Poll ram which had been Among the NSW exhibits that consolidated previous wins, champion ultrafine Poll at the preceding show, was bought the grand champion ultrafine Merino ewe from Alison, by Len Mathews, Bulgandri Poll stud, Rand, with the Maurice and Joe van Eyk’s Shalimar Park stud, Walcha, show’s reserve champion superfine Poll ram selling to the had been supreme exhibit at the 2010 Queensland State Ashby family’s Southrose stud, Tintinara, South Australia. Sheep Show and champion ultrafine ewe at the 2011 Overall, the Alfoxton draft of 7 rams averaged $8500. Sydney Sheep Show.

Pictured with the team from Roseville Park, Dubbo, that won the 2011 Lionel Weatherly Breeders Group are Graham Coddington, Matthew Dodds, Grant Judd, John Williams and Roseville Park principal, Matthew Coddington.

50 51 Yoorooga fleece – best in Australia Meanwhile, in the 11th year of the Australian Fleece Competition where prizes of over $13,000 were on offer, another New England stud was defeating the competition. Against close to 450 entries, a 16.9-micron extra superfine Merino fleece from John and Lois Holley, Yoorooga, Tenterfield, scored 95.35 points from a possible 100. The Australian Fleece Competition is jointly run by Landmark, AWTA and the Australian Sheep Breeders’ Association and involves the support of 28 sponsors and 180 exhibitors. The 2011 NSW Merino pair of the year from Matthew and Cherie Coddington’s, Roseville Park, Dubbo, which was runner-up in the 2011 Stock & Land National Merino pair of the year award.

Also in ultrafines, the grand champion ram from the Rayner family’s Grathlyn, Hargraves, had been champion August-shorn ram at the 2011 Great Southern Supreme Merinos Show in Canberra. Lois and John Holley, Among the broad ribbons for Poll Boonoke in Bendigo, Yoorooga, Tenterfield, one ram was draped in them when the Deniliquin with their grand champion fleece of stud’s 13-month-old March-shorn ram went from junior the Australian Fleece champion Merino ram to champion March-shorn Merino Competition. ram, to then outshine the August-shorn champions as well and take the title of grand champion Poll Merino ram of the year. At the Elders Riverina Ram Expo in Deniliquin a month later, the Poll Boonoke ram won the title of Riverina Ram of the Year.

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Great Southern Peter, Jayne and Cade Lette are pictured with their $10,000 ram along with buyers Brett and Michael McDonald and son Aaron; Kevin Coves, Landmark, Goulburn; and Rabobank Goulburn branch manager, Richard Knight. Close to 300 entries from 46 studs set the scene for a highly successful Great Southern Supreme Merinos The twosome from Tara Park also won the March-shorn (GSSM) Show in Canberra on January 21 and 22. pairs title with Merryville in second place and One Oak, With all that quality on display and awards going third. In total Tara Park went home with 18 broad ribbons throughout NSW and to Victoria, it was the Evans family’s including the award for most successful exhibitor. Tara Park stud, Boorowa, which took two of the major For the second year on the trot, a March-shorn team of gongs. 5 from Michael and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Creek stud, Their March-shorn, 4-tooth, medium wool ram was the Boorowa, won the coveted Roger Birtles trophy. The Sid show’s supreme ahead of its stable-mate, the grand Walters Memorial trophy for the champion sale ram went champion ewe. Both had been sired by Tara Park 4202, to the superfine champion from Peter and Jayne Lette’s sire of the stud’s winning Stonehaven Cup team at the Conrayn stud, Berridale. 2009 Sydney Royal. That ram went on to sell for the equal top price at the To take the supreme title, the Tara Park ram also had to following day’s sale when it sold for $10,000 to Brett overcome the challenge from another Boorowa-bred and Michael McDonald, “Oakvale”, Williamsdale, ACT, champion, the supreme Poll exhibit of the show from Wal regulars at setting the benchmark at this venue. and George Merriman’s Merryville stud. The 15.6-micron ram was a son of Alfoxton President Earlier in the show the Tara Park ram had been named which the Lettes bought in Armidale in 2009 for $18,000. champion March-shorn ram after a close tussle with a “The quality of the wool was the attraction for us as we medium wool ram from Graham and Mary Wells, One are pure wool guys and we come regularly to buy the top Oak stud, Jerilderie. wools in this sale,” Michael McDonald said. The 20.1-micron supreme had test results of 3.3-micron Earlier in the sale the top price had first been set by an standard deviation (SD), 16.4 per cent coefficient of 18.8-micron ram from Frances Elsegood’s Bogo stud, variation (CV) and a comfort factor (CF) of 99.5pc. Bookham, which went to Sandy and Jane Campbell, Kullingrah stud, Frogmore near Boorowa. The grand champion ewe that had also been named junior champion exhibit had a micron of 19.5, 3.1 SD, Next in the order of sales was a ram from Wurrook stud, 15.9 CV and Rokewood, Vic, which sold for $8000 to Dan Carey, 99.9pc CF. Ballyhooley stud, Boorowa. Of the Tara Park Three rams at $7000 followed, including two from and Merryville Merryville, Boorowa which sold to Garry Ostini, “Ellington”, supreme Orange. contenders, Allan and Sue Dawson, Winyar stud, Canowindra, sold judges said the other $7000 ram, a full brother to last year’s $15,000 that there “was second top-priced ram. Buyer was Garry Seaman, nothing much Lochness stud, Crookwell. between them”, but that the Tara Overall the sale recorded a 72pc clearance with 63 rams Park ram was selling to an average of $3306. the “complete This year’s junior judging competition saw George Evans, package”. Tara Park, Boorowa, again qualify for the State final in Spokesperson Sydney. Brody Walters, Middle View, Dalgety, was runner- for the judging up, but as he is still under-age for the State final, third panel, George placegetter, his sister Georgia, was the eligible contender. McKenzie, GSSM’s 2013 Field Day will be held on Friday 18 Montrose Hill January with the 66th Annual Merino Show on Saturday stud, Illabarook, 19 and Sunday 20 and the Annual Ram Sale on Victoria, said the Monday 21 January. Guy Evans, Tara Park, Boorowa, and his ewe was “one of daughter Stella, with the stud’s supreme exhibit the best I have Further information: GSSM secretary, Tamara Stadtmiller, of the 2012 GSSM. ever seen”. ph (02) 6385 3333 b.h.

52 53 Tara Park’s grand champion ewe and junior champion exhibit, held by Guy Evans.

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52 53 Great Southern Supreme Merinos 2012 Great Southern Supreme Merinos Canberra ANNUAL MERINO RAM SALE - 2012 Supreme Exhibit Tara Park, Boorowa Vendor Summary Supreme Poll Exhibit Merryville Poll, Boorowa Grand Champion Ram Tara Park, Boorowa Stud Sold Top ($) Average Reserve Grand Champion One Oak, Jerilderie Bogo, Bookham 1 10,000 10,000 Grand Champion Ewe Tara Park, Boorowa Reserve Grand Champion Tara Park, Boorowa Winyar, Canowindra 1 7000 7000 Junior Champion Exhibit Tara Park, Boorowa Conrayn, Berridale 2 10,000 5500 Champion Sale Ram Conrayn, Berridale Wurrook, Rokewood, Vic 4 8000 5250 Reserve One Oak, Jerilderie Grand Champion Poll Ram Merryville Poll, Boorowa Merryville, Boorowa 9 7000 (2) 4500 Grand Champion Poll Ewe Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat Tara Park, Boorowa 2 5000 4500 Champion Superfine Sale Ram Conrayn, Berridale Grathlyn, Hargraves 1 4500 4500 Champion Fine Wool Sale Ram Wurrook, Rokewood, Vic Middle View, Dalgety 4 6000 4250 Champion Med/Strong Sale Ram One Oak, Jerilderie Champion Poll Sale Ram Middle View Poll, Dalgety One Oak, Jerilderie 1 4000 4000 Most Successful Open Exhibitor Tara Park, Boorowa Alfoxton, Armidale 2 4000 3500 Grassy Creek, Reids Flat 3 4000 3333 Roger Birtles March Shorn Group Grassy Creek, Reids Flat* Walwa, Gunning 5 4250 2950 August Shorn Group Langdene, Dunedoo* March Shorn Pair Tara Park, Boorowa Merrignee, Boorowa 6 3750 2625 Champion March Shorn Ram Tara Park, Boorowa Demondrille, Harden 4 3500 (2) 2563 Reserve One Oak, Jerilderie Rogara Poll, Goulburn 3 3250 2417 Champion March Shorn Ewe Tara Park, Boorowa Greenland, Bungarby 2 3100 1950 Reserve Tara Park, Boorowa Champion August Shorn Ram Conrayn, Berridale Koonwarra, Boorowa 1 1500 1500 Reserve Langdene, Dunedoo Terrick West, Prairie Vic 1 1500 1500 Champion August Shorn Ewe Langdene, Dunedoo Billa Burra Burra, Yass 1 1400 1400 Reserve Langdene, Dunedoo Rockdale, Canowindra 3 1500 1300 Champion March Shorn Poll Ram Merryville Poll, Boorowa Reserve Middle View Poll, Dalgety Winrock, Gunning 3 1500 1167 Champion March Shorn Poll Ewe Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat Royalla, Wallendbeen 4 1200 900 Reserve Karoola Downs Poll, Adelong* Clearance 72% 63 $10,000 (2) $3306 Champion August Shorn Poll Ram Alfoxton Poll, Armidale* Reserve Grassy Creek Poll, Reids Flat E&OE Champion August Shorn Poll Ewe Alfoxton Poll, Armidale Reserve Alfoxton Poll, Armidale * = winner of same award in previous year YARRAWONGA MERINO & POLL MERINO

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54 55 Measured approach in Riverina flock

By KIM WOODS Eric McKenzie runs Grasmere with the help of daughter, Yvette. Increased lamb survival rates are behind a move to double shearing for Riverina woolgrower, Eric McKenzie. Averaging 35kg live weight, the lambs returned $111 – a The Merino producer from Bethungra, in the North- $10-$15 a head premium over similar description wethers Eastern Riverina, has swung from an annual April at store sales. shearing to six-monthly in October and April. “We have The sale backed up the Grasmere flock’s performance in been able to cut out crutching and got away without any Australia’s biggest Merino genetic evaluation trial for wool. backline treatment,’’ Mr McKenzie said. The McKenzie’s team of 30 wethers emerged as the He aims to improve conception and lamb survival rates most profitable team in the wool component of the 2010- by double shearing. “The ewes do better – if we can get 2012 Peter Westblade Memorial Merino challenge with more lambs on the ground then the extra shearing has a net value per hectare (wool value based on a five year paid off,’’ Mr McKenzie said. “We are also not skirting average) of $567.69. This was $264.24/ha above the trial fleeces as much now.’’ minimum and $130.58/ha above the trial average. Lambs are weaned before they are shorn in October. The McKenzie’s wethers tested at an average of 19.7- The adult ewes averaged 4kg of 19.3-micron to 20.3- micron, had a greasy fleece weight of 8.4kg, clean fleece micron fleece with 70-73 per cent yields, 0.03 to 0.05pc weight of 5.4kg and bodyweight of 65.8kg. The team vegetable matter and a staple strength of 45-50 Newtons finished with the top average wool value of $56.02/head a kilotex over the six months. and was among the top teams for carcass with a value of $81.27/head. Across the board, the flock had six-monthly average fleece weights of 4kg to gross $32 a head (skirtings, “We use wether trials to benchmark our flock and we are pieces and bellies). always keen to learn something,’’ Mr McKenzie said. “I go to compare my sheep – not to be in the top 10 per cent. Eric and his wife Dianne, run 1750 Pooginook-blood ewes Everybody learns something about what to do and not to on their 1200 hectare Bethungra property, Grasmere. In do, even the top five teams. The results confirm we are on December, they sold a line of 678 July- the right track but it is always a challenge.’’ August 2011 drop Merino wether lambs on The couple usually sells their Merino wether lambs AuctionsPlus. before 12 months of age. Last year they sold 10- month-old lambs, averaging 21.9kg carcass

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54 55 weight, for 600c/kg or $142/head on a forward contract. The wool from the ewe and wether lambs averaged $44 a head. For the past 15 years the family has used horned rams from Riverina stud, Pooginook, and plans to introduce the stud’s Poll genetics. “We want a big plain body with soft handling medium wool,’’ Mr McKenzie said. “They have got to have that body size and quick growth – I’m not a chaser of finer micron.’’ Daughter, Yvette, helps Eric with the classing. Of the 850 2010-drop ewes, 45pc were classed out with the surplus sold in October as replacements to a repeat client for $220. “We look for body conformation and wool quality, Eric McKenzie and daughter, Yvette, inspect a lucerne and chicory and then weigh the fleeces when they are shorn,’’ Mr pasture on Grasmere. McKenzie said. “All females have a micron test, body weight and wool weight. A nucleus flock of 150-160 special ewes are selected on above average body weight, below or average micron and above average fleece weight.’’ Lambing has averaged 105pc over the last eight years. Maiden and two-and-a-half-year-old ewes are pregnancy scanned into wet and dry mobs. The family is looking forward to introducing electronic identification to enhance data collection at classing and shearing.

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56 57 Michael’s classing coup

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56 57 The McCarten’s flock has since stepped to One Oak Poll You want as much good quality wool as you can get as a ram source and this year gained third place in the without detriment to the sheep,” he said. competition. “People who do well in these competitions tend to be For Michael Elmes, selecting for solid practical sheep that using recognised professional classers. The competitions do well in varying environments, in terms of both wool and are almost a sort of benchmark but those people who are meat, in essence good “doers”, is nothing new. at the top do need to work hard to identify what they can He has spent his life working at a high level with stock, improve next.” including stints at Uardry Merino stud and a long standing Not only has Michael classed consecutive winners in the tenure as stud and property manager of the Wanganella Lake Cargelligo ewe competition from different flocks, he stud. has also been the classer of the winning flock at another In 2000, the late Alec Morrison recommended the three of the competition’s 17 events; making him the most then Wanganella stud and property manager to clients successful classer in the competition’s history. as bringing “four unique contributions to this area The Lake Cargelligo event showcases sheep for practical – experience, track record, skills and training”. people whose sheep need to justify their existence on a There would be few who would disagree with Mr mixed farming operation. For Michael Elmes’ three client Morrison’s summary: “Michael is an instinctive sheepman flocks, that shouldn’t be too hard. who can “read” sheep in terms of both their genetics and how they are doing. So the productivity of the sheep has Michael Elmes’ Lake Cargelligo Maiden Merino Ewe been high under his care – because he knows how to Competition results: breed them and how to manage them. 2012 “Michael has a flair for livestock management and First: Barry, Vickie and Stephen Carruthers, “Millbank”, selection and is a shrewd judge of market trends.” Tullibigeal, One Oak Poll blood Third: Justin and Natalie McCarten, “Glen Echo”, Mr Elmes said while every flock was different, selecting Rankins Springs, One Oak Poll blood for the crop and sheep mix of the Lake Cargelligo region 2011 called for a common thread. First: Allan and Jenny Ireland, “Allonvale”, Tullibigeal, “One advantage is that having been on both sides of the Concordia blood equation and knowing what it is to be answerable to the Third: Barry, Vickie and Stephen Carruthers, bottom line, it is the things that pay the bills that are the “Millbank”, Tullibigeal, One Oak Poll blood things we want. 2010 “The key things are the profit drivers, the three biggest First: Justin and Natalie McCarten, “Glen Echo”, being controlled micron, greasy fleece weight and yield. Rankins Springs, then using Golden Fleece rams

58 59 McDonalds impress in the “Don Brown”

When David and Graham McDonald’s “North Condobolin” flock won this year’s 32nd annual Don Brown Memorial Second-placed Phillip, Mark, Harold, Jan and Barry Crouch, “Milby”, Merino Ewe Competition in the Condobolin district, it Condobolin. was a welcome back to the winner’s circle for the co- principals who last won the prestige event in 1995. “The first thing that strikes me is their length of muzzle and body, together with excellent feet and structure,” Mr Their Woodpark-blood entry, classed by Wagga-based, Chapman said. Stuart Hodgson, consisted of 1081 October-shorn maidens which presented a very even yarding. “The ewes are free and have adequate nourishment in their wool with a good, soft tip without being overdone in Judges, Drew Chapman, Hinesville and West Plains any way.” studs, Delegate, and Robert Harding, Glen Donald stud, Nhill, Victoria, were impressed with the flock’s balance In second place was the entry of Crouch Brothers, Harold, and wool and said the McDonalds were “in-tune with their Barry and their respective sons, Phillip and Mark, who put flock and their goals”. up a yarding of 734 October-shorn ewes. The Crouch

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58 59 brothers breed their own “Milby” sheep which are classed by Gordon McMaster, Narrandera. No strangers to the winner’s circle, the Crouch family has eight previous wins and 17 placings under their belt. Woodpark genetics were again to the fore in third placing which went to Ian and Jane Menzies, “Moonbah”, Condobolin. This was the flock’s first time in a major placing although the Menzies gave notice last year when they won the achievement award for an improved entry. Sadly, only the judges saw the 248 August-shorn ewes as heavy rain over previous days had made the track into “Moonbah” impassable for the spectator coach. The flock is classed by Michael Elmes, Narrandera. This year’s John Coy Memorial and Uardry awards for achievement went to the entry of Robert Helyar and his son, Mark, “Koyuna”, Tullibigeal, for their Belswick-blood April-shorn ewes classed by Allan Clarke, Dubbo. With ten short wool (2 to 6 months wool growth) and 3 off- shears flocks in the competition, additional presentations now cover those not featuring in the major placings. The Ian Munro Memorial Award for a short wool flock was won by Stuckey Pastoral Company, “Corella”, a flock on Achievement award winners, Robert and Mark Helyar, “Koyuna”, Willandra blood, classed by Tom Kirk, Condobolin. The Tullibigeal, with their classer, Allan Clarke, Dubbo. Allan Clarke Trophy for an off-shears flock was won by Kirk Brothers, “Pine Park” for their Bundemar-blood entry, Obviously another hot topic was the decision by so many also classed by Tom Kirk. of the district’s breeders to trial double shearing. This year, two willing volunteers went ahead of judges and Over the two days, judges assessed around 11,000 spectators and weighed and fat scored a random sample 2010-drop classed breeders from 18 entries. Close to 140 of ewes at each property with the results then on display spectators travelled by coach and private vehicles over to create an additional talking point. the two days.

60 61 Winyar reigns again at castle

Over 1000 Merino enthusiasts poured into the grounds of Iandra Castle, Greenethorpe, last September for the annual South West Slopes (SWS) Stud Merino Field Day. In attendance were 24 studs, not only from the local area but also from Jerilderie, Yass, Goulburn and Dubbo. The South West Slopes Ram of the Year held by Allan Dawson, Winyar stud, Canowindra, and models Kelly Thompson, Bernadette Clancy, There was strong competition for the day’s feature event, Elisabeth Banks, Bernadette McGrath and Jill Baldwin, wearing clothes judging of the SWS Ram of the Year, in the hands of Drew designed and made by Young’s Sam Stolhand, Bush Beautique. Chapman, Hinesville Merino and West Plains Poll studs, Photo courtesy The Land Delegate, and Graham Wells, One Oak and One Oak No 2 Merino studs, Jerilderie. In other awards, the all-purpose ram of the year title was won by Ian and Janet Griffith, Brundanella stud, Grenfell; In spite of tight competition from the quality line-up, Allan and Beau and Linda Stewart, “Derneveagh”, Harden, a and Sue Dawson, Winyar stud, Canowindra, took out the flock based on Tara Park blood, won the commercial ewe title for the second consecutive year. competition. A half-brother of the ram that sold for $15,000 at The 2012 SWS Merino Field Day at Iandra Castle will be last year’s Great Southern Supreme Merinos Sale in held on Thursday September 6. Canberra, the 17.4-micron Winyar ram weighed in at 110kg at 14-months-old. Further information: Ian Griffith, ph (02) 6343 6362.

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60 61 Determine the correct dosage according to age/weight and usage situation and dose to the heaviest body weight Management considerations in the mob. - lousicides After treatment, check all sheep at the end of each run to ensure correct application. Retreat any sheep that have Most Australian sheep and wool producers apply a been missed or incorrectly treated. Sheep treated with pour-on ‘backline’ treatment within 24 hours of shearing some products might have to be confined in the yards for to prevent and/or control lice infestations. Widespread a short time to improve the spread of product around the resistance to insect growth regulator (IGR) compounds body via rubbing and/or physical contact with other sheep. means many producers are now relying on fast-acting, non-residual ‘knockdown’ products. Rainfall occurring after treatment may affect the level of lice control provided by some products. It is good These include Avenge (imidacloprid), Eureka Gold agricultural practice not to treat animals when they are wet (diazinon), Maverick (abamectin) and Extinosad Pour-On or if rain is likely. (spinosad). Regardless of which product is selected, good agricultural practice is essential to ensure best results so Do not mix treated sheep with untreated sheep, that sheep remain clean through to the next shearing. infested sheep or those of unknown lice status. Any sheep introduced to your property should undergo a It is important that all sheep on the property are treated careful quarantine to prevent disease outbreaks of lice at the same time. Split-shearing and the application of a infestations. If the introduced sheep are in long wool, it pour-on to lambing ewes should be avoided, as they risk poses additional treatment difficulties. mixing treated sheep with untreated sheep. Note that any sheep that required treatment with a long The presence of lambs also poses another challenge. wool lousicide should be re-treated after shearing using Some active ingredients can be highly toxic to lambs. a lousicide with a different mode of action. Likewise, you Meat withholding period and export slaughter interval also should rotate between lice control products that have needs to be considered, as they can impact marketing different mode of action to help prevent the onset of options. resistance. Muster each paddock thoroughly and conduct a second As a guide, do not use the same mode of action against muster if necessary. Check boundary fences to prevent the same target pest more than once in any 12-month untreated or lice-infested sheep from joining treated period and alternate between modes of action from year mobs. to year. Apply all lice and blowfly treatments as part of Ensure sheep are cleanly shorn. Grass seeds, lumpy an integrated pest management programme (e.g. Lice wool or flystrike can hinder shearing and may impede the Boss). spread of pour-ons. For more information about controlling lice in sheep, Always read the label directions before use and apply the contact Elanco Animal Health on 1800 226 324 or visit selected product in accordance with the label directions. www.elanco.com.au

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The NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association (SMBA) Trust has joined forces with the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW Foundation (RASF) to fund a scholarship for a Alexandra Doulman is pictured centre with the NSW SMBA’s executive rural student who is keen to pursue a career in the Merino assistant and registrar, Mae Edenborough, and executive director, sheep industry. Edward Dugan. The SMBA Trust was established in 1987 to further research and development to improve Merino sheep and Processing through University of New England and works wool production throughout Australia. The objectives of on a casual basis for DPI. the Trust Deed were amended in 2004 to broaden the Alexandra’s career goal is to work as a rural veterinarian charter to include the support of educational initiatives in with a special interest in sheep husbandry, management the Merino industry that are delivered through registered and genetics for research and whole flock improvement. educational institutions such as universities and TAFEs. She has a particular interest in sheep medicine and its Now in its second year, the RASF’s Rural Scholarship application to commercial management and hopes to programme saw 40 scholarships awarded to students for make a positive impact on-farm and for the livestock university and TAFE studies in 2012. Students are selected industry through her work. for their passion and commitment to forging careers that Alexandra is also an active member in her local are for the benefit of rural NSW and who need a financial rural community and the veterinary industry through helping hand to achieve their education goals. involvement in groups, activities and organisations “Our association is proud to announce that Ms Alexandra including WIRES and the Australian Veterinary Association. Doulman of Bendick Murrell, is the inaugural recipient of Jocellin Jansson, executive officer of the RAS Foundation the NSW SMBA Trust – RASF Rural Scholarship,” said Lou said ‘We are grateful to the NSW Stud Merino Armstrong, president and trustee of the SMBA. Breeders’ Association Trust for their support of our Rural “We are greatly interested in and encouraged by Scholarships programme. Alexandra’s long standing interest in the sheep industry “These scholarships are an important way of enhancing and we look forward to identifying ways we may be able education outcomes for rural students and providing rural to help foster her knowledge and skills in this area.” and regional NSW with the skills capacity we need for a Alexandra is in the fifth year of a Bachelor of Veterinary strong and vibrant future.” Science and Veterinary Biology degree at Charles Sturt “While our scholarships support a diverse range of University, Wagga Wagga. Concurrently she is also education pursuits, we are keen to increase the number studying for a Graduate Certificate in Animal Breeding of scholarships we are able to offer that are specifically Management through the University of Sydney and in agriculture focused. NSW SMBA’s support is helping us 2007 graduated as a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture). achieve this goal,” Ms Jansson said. In addition she has her wool classing certification, is Members will have the opportunity to meet Alexandra at studying Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation and Wool NSW SMBA and RASF Foundation events during the year.

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Wanganella & Poll Boonoke Ram Sale Friday 28 September 2012

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Roseville Park tops at $22,000 Buyers were impressed as always by the quality of Hamish, Jock and John McLaren, Nerstane, Woolbrook, with their the strong line-up of Merino rams on offer at the 2011 supreme exhibit and supreme NSW ram of the 2011 Rabobank National Rabobank National Merino Ram Sale in Dubbo. Merino Sheep Show. Wayne Jenkins photo A top of $22,000 for the second lot kicked off a solid sale which saw 51 rams sold from the 58 offered to average Cherie Coddington, Roseville Park stud, Dubbo, which $5351 – up a whopping $2015 on the previous year’s also had a 2.8- micron standard deviation (SD), 16 per average. cent coefficient of variation (CV) and 99.7pc comfort factor (CF). Stud competition snapped up the top lot, a 130 kilogram, 17.5-micron ram which had been judged champion fine/ Graham Kent said they had chosen the ram, by RP06- medium August-shorn ram in the open show. 4065, for its overall wool length and crimp. Rod and Graham Kent, Kurrajong Park stud, Delungra, “He’s a top animal in every way – good length, crimp and bid to $22,000 for the lot two ram offered by Matthew and coverage,” he said.

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64 65 The ram will be joined to other Roseville Park-blood ewes within Kurrajong Park’s stud flock of 800 ewes, which average 18.6-micron and have a wool cut of 5.5 to six kilograms. “He’ll first be used in a natural joining program before we collect semen from him.” Strong competition continued for the Roseville Park rams, with Bob Rollinson, Concordia stud, Mysia, Victoria, securing the stud’s champion medium wool sale ram for $16,000. The 135kg, 18.6-micron ram was a member of Roseville Park’s champion pen of sale rams at Dubbo, as well as the winning Bruce Merriman breeder’s group at the Sydney Royal and Lionel Weatherly group trophy at Bendigo in July. The result of an embryo transfer, the ram had SD of 2.7- micron, 14.5 CV and 99.9pc CF. The first-time Roseville Park buyer, who also bought the woollen cloth offered from Australian Wool Innovation’s “Fit for a Prince” campaign, said it was the ram’s wool which attracted him. Matthew Coddington, Roseville Park stud, Dubbo, with his champion fine/medium August-shorn ram which was purchased for the sale’s top Nerstane stud’s McLaren family, Woolbrook, was buyer of price of $22,000 by the Kent family’s Kurrajong Park stud, Delungra, and another Roseville Park ram for $16,000. Rodney Kent, John Croake, AWN, Tamworth, and Graham Kent. Photo courtesy The Land “We saw him at Bendigo and liked what we saw,” Hamish McLaren said. “He’s bred in the purple so we decided, Roseville Park averaged a cracking $10,663 for eight why not have a try – he’s a maternal half-brother to rams. Roseville Park’s super semen sire, RP09-0014.” The Armstrong family’s Pemcaw stud, Dunedoo, initially Nerstane also sold its 139kg, 20.3-micron reserve passed in their champion fine/medium and reserve grand champion fine/medium sale ram for $16,000 to Rodger champion Poll ram for $16,000, but negotiated its sale and Kim Mathews, Borambil stud, Balldale, and Ian and directly after for $20,000 to the Power family’s Airlie Poll Wendy Lockwood, Hawksley Park stud, Glen Innes. stud at Walcha.

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BAYBET_352 Better Choices Sire DPS_OL_FINAL.indd 1-2 18/05/12 9:46 AM Pemcaw 9.029 tested at 19.1-micron, with a 3.1-micron SD, 16.2pc CV and 99.4pc CF. The result of an artificial insemination mating, it was out of a Pemcaw stud ewe and by Moorundie Park A222, which had previously won South Australian Ram of the Year in 2008. The ram had a swag of titles to its name, including junior and grand champion Poll Merino ram at Sydney Royal and grand champion ram and supreme exhibit at the Queensland State Sheep Show, as well as a number of other broad ribbons. The Cox family’s Langdene stud, Dunedoo, sold seven rams to average $7786, to a top of $14,000 for a ram bought by the Doherty family’s Ronjabar stud, Goolma. Tasmania’s Okehampton Merino stud, Triabunna, bought Langdene’s champion medium wool sale ram for $12,000. Source: The Land, September 1, 2011 by Carla Wiese-Smith Reproduced with permission

Nerstane’s supreme run continues Graham Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, holds his grand champion ewe of Following the supremacy of Nerstane’s N318 at last year’s the show with judges, John Alcock, Michael Collins, Barry Smith, Peter Hacker and Phil Toland. Photo courtesy The Land Sydney Sheep Show, along came a six-tooth fine wool August-shorn ram, N910, that swept all before it to take The 21.6-micron ewe had come up from the 4-tooth class out the titles of supreme exhibit and supreme NSW ram and measured 3.7 SD, 17.1 CV and 98.4pc CF. along with grand champion ram (see cover story). “An outstanding stud matron”, said judge Barry Smith, The 18-micron ram of Nerstane principals, John, Hamish Glenville, Cowell, South Australia, One Oak also had a and Jock McLaren, had 2.9-micron SD, with 16pc CV number of successive wins at the fixture; the March-shorn and 99.8pc CF. pair, NSW junior champion March-shorn ewe, champion Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, showed the fine/medium March-shorn ewe and champion March- grand champion ewe, the stud’s August-shorn champion. shorn medium wool ewe.

Rabobank Australian Supreme to Glen Donald 50th National Ram Sale 2011 The Rabobank Australian Supreme Merino ram Vendor Summary title was also contested in Dubbo with Nerstane’s NSW supreme exhibit joining the State Stud Sold Top ($) Average winners from Victoria, Queensland, South Australia Stud Rams and Western Australia to challenge the title. The Tasmanian supreme from Sorrell Springs, York NERSTANE, Woolbrook 2 16,000 8750 Plains was unable to attend. PEMCAW, Dunedoo 2 20,000 20,000 Queensland was represented by Felicity, Charlie TERRICK WEST, Prairie Vic 1 7000 7000 and Lachlan Brumpton’s Jolly Jumbuck Poll stud, LANGDENE, Dunedoo 7 14,000 7786 Mitchell; SA by the Sullivan family’s Greenfields, ROSEVILLE PARK, Dubbo 8 22,000 10,688 Hallett; and WA, by the Chadwick family’s Darijon WEEALLA, Balladoran 4 8000 4500 stud, Narrogin. BUNGULLA, Manilla 2 6000 4500 It was the 150kg 18.8-micron ram from Robert HADDON RIG, Warren 8 4500 3250 Harding’s Glen Donald stud, Nhill, which carried ONE OAK, Jerilderie 2 3000 2750 the day for Victoria. The 22-month-old ram had TOWALBA, Peak Hill 4 3500 2250 3.0-micron SD, 16pc CV and 99.8pcCF. STILLBROOK POLL, Crookwell 1 3000 3000 The win gave Mr Harding his second national DARRIWELL, Trundle 1 3000 3000 supreme title and seventh appearance as the Victorian finalist. ROCKDALE, Canowindra 3 2000 1700 GRASSY CREEK, Reids Flat 1 2500 2500 At the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo in July where the ram won the right to ALLENDALE, Goolma 1 1500 1500 contest the national title, Glen Donald 9.404 had BOCOBLE, Mudgee 1 1500 1500 also paired with Mr Harding’s top ewe to win the GRATHLYN, Hargraves 1 1500 1500 2011 National Pairs title. It was the fourth time that WYUNA, Gilgandra 2 1000 1000 Glen Donald had won the pairs competition and MAYBROOK, Narromine 1 800 800 the stud now joins John Crawford’s Rock-Bank, Victoria Valley, Vic, as the only other stud to take OVERALL 88% clearance 51 $22,000 $5351 the two national titles in the same year. E&OE

68 69 Reserve grand champion to the Nerstane ram came from the McBurnie family’s Weealla Poll stud, Balladoran. The August-shorn medium wool ram was also the show’s grand champion Poll Merino ram. The medium and strong wool Poll Merino judge, Peter Hacker, Roselea stud, Muckadilla, Qld, said the ram possessed “tremendous spring of rib and depth of body, with very good bone and conformation”. The 20.8-micron ram had tests of 3.2 SD, 15.4 CV and a 99.4pc CF. The grand champion Poll Merino ewe sash went to Michael and Jane Corkhill, Grassy Creek, Grassy Creek, Reids Flat, for their ewe by Coromandel Sir Thomas which has more recently take out the same title in Sydney. Bagging some of the show’s most coveted titles led to the most successful exhibitor award in open classes for Gordon, Colleen and Garry Cox’s Langdene stud, Dunedoo. The stud had the Max Smith August-shorn pair as well as the Elders City of Dubbo Group, the latter for the second consecutive year; as well there were four August-shorn championships and the champion sale ram. The static stud display area in Dubbo is always well Matthew Coddington, Roseville Park, Dubbo, holds the ram he sold for patronised, most studs featuring rams to be offered at the $16,000 to Jock and Hamish McLaren, Nerstane stud, Woolbrook. Photos courtesy The Land upcoming run of spring and summer on-property sales. The winning display in 2011 fittingly went to the Wyuna Second place went to Nigel and Rosemary Brumpton’s stud, Armatree, which was celebrating its 80th year. The Mount Ascot stud, Mitchell, Qld, while their children’s Jolly stud was founded in 1931 by Don Beveridge, grandfather Jumbuck Poll stud, presented the third place winner. of present stud principal, Angus Beveridge. A ram’s fleece from Michael and Jane Corkhill’s Grassy Seven entries contested the performance class in Dubbo Creek stud, Reids Flat, took out the supreme fleece with the honours going to the Capel family, Bungulla stud, championship at the 2011 Australian Wool Network Manilla. Peter and Lou Capel’s two-year-old won the class Open Fleece Show ahead of 115 entries. Gaining a total with a total of 467 points. of 95.5 points, the fine wool fleece had a greasy wool Mr Capel said that while the ram’s family had been weight of 9.4kg and 74pc yield, with maximum points for bred for quality wool, it was also bred for structure and soundness, handle, density and clean fleece weight. carcase traits. The ram weighed 113kg after shearing and It was just half a point under the maximum possible score produced a 14.1kg fleece of 19-micron wool, valued at for character, and one point under for trueness to type, $137.33. Other measurements were a 49-millimetre eye length, colour and evenness to win the fine wool ram muscle depth, wool staple strength of 44 Newtons per class and grand champion ram fleece. kilotex and 13.3pc CV. The wether lamb challenge made a return to Dubbo last year, sponsored by Don Macdonald and Company. Teams of six were delivered by six entrants to Andrew and Carolyn Brougham’s property, “Gildry”, at Leadville in January, at which time they were shorn, vaccinated, drenched and backlined. They were shorn again on July 6, with the wool assessed and valued, and the results used to create a total value of the wool shorn. Three wethers, selected at random from each team were slaughtered by Fletcher International Exports, with each carcase measured and given a value per head. The challenge aims to assess the profitability of Merino wether lambs at the commercial level by using the main profit drivers of wool, carcase and growth to create a total value for each team entered. The results showed a vast difference between different bloodlines and sheep types, with some teams achieving good results in the wool category, while others displayed better carcase characteristics. The team with the best combined results was entered by the Cambawarra Partnership, Coolah, with a total wool value of $141.59, and a carcase value of $490.36, for a total value of $631.95.

Lou and Henry Armstrong, Pemcaw Poll stud, Dunedoo, with Murray Power (centre), Airlie Poll stud, Walcha, and the ram he bought from the Armstrongs for the sale’s second top-price of $20,000.

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1. FS Falkiner & Sons, Deniliquin, exhibited both junior and reserve champion March shorn rams. Elders, Dubbo, Merino specialist, Bevan Jolly, sashes the junior (and medium wool March-shorn champion) from Wanganella stud, held by Forbes Murdoch, while Justin Campbell holds Poll Boonoke stud’s reserve junior champion which was also champion March-shorn fine/medium Poll Merino. 2. Sale ram broad-ribbon championship honours went to Langdene stud’s fine/medium wool champion held by exhibitor, Garry Cox, Dunedoo, while reserve award went to Roseville Park stud’s medium wool champion held by Matthew Coddington, Dubbo. The Langdene ram later sold for $8000 to Stonehouse Grazing, Lemont, Tasmania, while the Roseville Park ram made $16,000 when purchased by Bob Rollinson for his Concordia stud, Mysia, Victoria. 3. Darriwell stud, Trundle, won both August-shorn strong wool broad ribbons, champion ram for the second year on the trot and champion ewe for the third successive year. Val Smith, Glenville stud, Cowell, South Australia, sashes the champion wool ram held by Russell Jones, while judge Barry Smith, sashes the reserve champion held by Ray Jones. 4. Judge, John Alcock, Greenland stud, Bungarby, watches as Sandie O’Keeffe, Tootha stud, Walgett, sashes the champion superfine August-shorn ram, held by Leo Blanch, West Vale stud, Wollun. 5. The City of Dubbo group from the Cox family’s Langdene, Dunedoo, with Gordon Cox; Bevan Jolly, Elders, Dubbo; Ben Simmons, Langdene; Angus Capel, Bungulla, Manilla; Garry Cox, Langdene; and Lachie Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll, Mitchell, Qld. The group included the ewe from the stud’s winning Max Smith champion pair and the champion sale ram. Wayne Jenkins photo 6. Grassy Creek stud, Reids Flat, exhibited the grand champion fleece of the 2011 Australian Wool Network (AWN) Fleece Show. Pictured are Brett Cooper, AWN, Mudgee, with Michael Corkhill, Grassy Creek, and Greg Sawyer, AWN, Orange. 7 7. Peter Capel holds his winning ram of the performance class, Bungulla Ab, while his wife, Lou and son, Angus (10), display the ribbon. The ram from the Manilla-based stud scored a total of 467 points. Photos courtesy The Land

70 71 want to represent. Disclosure of breed introductions in the Vendor’s and Purchaser’s Certificates will provide a transparent and accountable breed composition status for prospective clients. 3 Standards To conform to the Australian Merino Standard, the following criteria need to be addressed. These standards are presented (i) as an aid for stud Merino inspectors for registration purposes and (ii) to What is the differentiate the Australian Merino from other breeds of sheep. • Wool quality Australian In essence, it is the wool features of the Merino that set it apart from other breeds. In particular, the Australian Merino is unique in possessing a luxuriant skin producing Merino? an exceptional number of fine secondary wool fibres. 1 Density – the fibres per square centimetre should be dense enough to attain good fleece weights and As the peak body for stud Merino breeders in Australia, protection from weathering. the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders (AASMB) has a major charter to foster unity and advance 2 Length – the staple length should be consistent with the breeding of superior stud Merinos. the type or strain of Merino selected. Typically, annual growths of over 100 millimetres for “strong wool To this effect, the AASMB is providing a definition Merinos” and over 75mm for “fine wool Merinos” should and descriptive standards to broadly encompass the be aimed for. Short wools are not characteristic of the aspirations of all stud Merino breeders in Australia. Under Australian Merino and are therefore unacceptable. this system, studs emphasising purity of breeding have a flock status that caters to their needs. 3 Character – well defined crimpy wool is essential for all types of Australian Merinos. Aim for regular and For studs using out-crossing to enhance the breed, pronounced crimp throughout the fleece. a status exists that has no restrictions on compatible introductions and breed crosses, as long as progeny 4 Softness – the wool staples should be soft to handle selected as stud animals conform to a satisfactory level of in terms of resistance to compression and fibre standards. smoothness. Standards allow the Australian Merino to be differentiated 5 Colour – pure, bright creamy-white wool is the ultimate from other breeds of sheep, and provide a system of standard for Australian Merinos. eligibility for classification as an Australian Merino. 6 Evenness – all of the above fleece features should be evenly distributed over the entire body as much as 1 Definition possible. Character, softness and colour should be The Australian Merino is a wool breed of sheep with meat uniform within and between staples. capabilities. 7 Condition – the physical state of the fleece is principally It is of Ovine species, horned or polled, with long, crimpy, influenced by the effects of the skin secretions of wax white wool, developed in Australia from many types of and suint, in combination (sometimes referred to as Merinos and other sheep, and exhibiting variable degrees nourishment). of meat carcase attributes. (i) Wax: wool fibres should have an adequate coating Australian Stud Merinos are those sheep retained for of wax for protection against weathering, sunlight and breeding purposes, principally breeding rams for sale. excessive rain. Wax is also important for fibre lubrication Australian Stud Merinos are also those that are eligible and hence handle. Insufficient wax with resultant dry for registration in the AASMB Flock Register. To be wools and excessive wax with resultant low-yielding eligible, flocks need to comply with one of the flock status candle-like wools should be avoided. requirements, and flocks or individual sheep need to (ii) Suint: other than mobilising wax, suint is harmful conform to an acceptable level of standards. in the Merino fleece. High levels of suint that attract 2 Flock status moisture, produce odour and cause colouration of wool • Pure Status - Australian Stud Merino: fibres, should be avoided. For flocks in Australia made up of pure Merinos or F4 8 Fleece peculiarities – sheep that exhibit shedding of minimum Merinos. wool or grow hair in the fleece or have any coloured wool other than white cannot qualify as an Australian • Introduced Status - Australian Stud Merino: stud Merino. (i) For outcross flocks in Australia using F1, F2 or F3 • Conformation and structure compatible introductions, that conform to a satisfactory level of standards administered by the State associations. 1 The head: (ii) For overseas flocks or derived from overseas flocks (a) The muzzle should be broad and large with full open nostrils. It should be pink and soft with the absence of These categories can revert to Pure Status after some coloured spots and tan markings. years of breeding towards the F4 composition, and (b) The face should be covered with short creamy presents the possibility of encompassing other compatible coloured hair with the absence of frosty kempy fibres Merino breeds into the AASMB if the members so desire. and be free from pigment. It should be open and soft. Instead of State associations, as single bodies, (c) The jaw should be deep and strong, with incisor teeth conforming to Pure or Introduced Status, it is up to meeting a wide dental pad squarely. individual members of the various State Associations to (d) The ears should be velvety to handle and not paper- specify on their Annual Returns which flock status they thin.

72 73 (e) The horns should be wide with regular, deeply corrugated spirals with the absence of coloured streaks. (f) Polls should be dry and free from yolk. Ideally, polls South Africa should have no scurs or scurs that are less than 25mm wide at the base. plans for 2014 2 The topline and trunk: (a) The trunk - the chest should be deep and broad. The President of the World Federation of Merino Breeders back should be straight and broad, supporting well (WFMB), Robert Ashby, has announced that Merino sprung ribs and loins. SA (the South African Merino breeders’ society) will (b) The withers should be rounded and well filled without host the 9th World Merino Conference in 2014. medial depressions or constrictions. (c) The hindquarters should be rounded on top and broad, Tentative dates are April 28 to May 1 and it is full and deep. The twist should be full and deep. expected that the conference will be held at 3 The legs: Stellenbosch in the Western Cape region, 60 kilometres east of Cape Town. (a) Hocks should be as wide as the hips and straight when viewed from behind and with the correct angulation With a formal announcement expected shortly, when viewed from the side. Robert Ashby said “Many will remember the very (b) The front legs should be set wide apart, depicting a successful 3rd World Merino Conference of 1990 that roomy chest. was held in Pretoria, South Africa. (c) The pasterns should be strong and straight; the “I’m confident another conference in that country fetlocks should be upright. would be very well organised and exciting and I look (d) Hooves should be of good uniform shape and forward to advising final confirmation.” alignment. They should be amber in colour with the absence of streaky or black marks. Further announcements will be made in the media regarding the programme, registration, tours and 4 Wool covering speakers. This is a matter of choice, depending on the trueness of type of the different basic strains (fine, medium or strong) and the end use, whether wool only or wool plus meat. Regardless, the covering should be sufficient to support the notion that the Australian Merino is essentially a wool breed. Extreme stripping of wool from the head, bellies and legs should be avoided.

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72 73 74 75 Queensland is striving to encourage the next generation of young growers to follow the Merino sheep and wool industry. The Junior Sheep and Wool Judging Competition has taken on a new perspective, with large numbers President’s of potential judges endeavouring to win the much sought-after award message - to represent Queensland at the Nationals. My congratulations extend to Douglas Queensland Rodgers, from Barcaldine Downs Poll and Merino studs, who has been awarded Queensland junior sheep judge Over the last twelve months Queensland has seen for the last two consecutive years. He now goes to Perth in another exceptional season which has followed the record 2012 and New Zealand in 2013 for the Nationals. rains of 2010 (1453mm in some areas) and another good Our Queensland representative for the Merino fleece year in 2011, with above annual rainfalls of 600mm in the young judges competition in Perth this year will be the Western Queensland sheep grazing areas. 16-year-old, very talented Felicity Brumpton from Jolly Surplus Merino sheep and wool sold early in the year Jumbuck Poll Merino stud at Mitchell. have proven to be most profitable. With the lack of Merino It was a wonderful effort by Douglas and Felicity and I am sheep numbers being sold and the strong market values, sure they will be suitable ambassadors in this competition. it is difficult for growers to purchase stock and build I wish them both the very best. up their sheep numbers. Natural progression will be a The Australian Agricultural College in Longreach, is striving steady alternative, especially with the predator problems to encourage young ones into the industry. Over the last occurring in such large numbers. twelve months the College has doubled its numbers It is extremely heartening to see that the people who and offers a two-year course to obtain a certificate in the have been so loyal and patient, who continue to breed pastoral industry, studying sheep, cattle and horses. Merino sheep, are now being recognised with such solid Our State Sheep Show held in Blackall on May 5 and and healthy returns. There is increased optimism seen 6 was a huge success. I would like to thank our judges with growers trying to increase their numbers and not from Western Australia, Collyn Garnett, Willemenup stud being afraid to pay for quality livestock. Merino ram sale and Rob Mullan, Eastville Park stud, on the wonderful numbers have increased and ram sale averages have adjudication over the two days. also done the same. My congratulations to Pemcaw stud for their supreme exhibit, to Mt. Ascot for the Queensland ram of the year, and to Barcaldine Downs on winning Queensland ewe of the year and Queensland pair two years in succession. The Top Ten And thanks to Blackall for hosting such a successful 2012 Queensland State Sheep Show. QUEENSLAND TOP RAM SALES 2011 * Duncan Ferguson President Stud Rams Sold Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders Association 1 Mount Ascot 500 2 Barcaldine Downs 350 2 Wilgunya 350 4 Lansdowne/Lansdowne Poll 407 5 Karbullah Poll/Boyanga 280 6 Terrick Merinos 217 Queensland Merino 7 Coreena Poll 150 Stud Sheepbreeders’ 8 Roselea/Roselea Poll 134 9 Jolly Jumbuck Poll 80 Association (Inc) 10 Bullamon Plains 75 Secretary: Bill Benjamin QUEENSLAND TOP SEMEN SALES 2011 * Address: PO Box 7 Clifton Qld 4361 Stud Doses Phone: 07 4697 3569 1 Karbullah Poll/Boyanga 1015 Fax: 07 4697 3649 2 Wyambeh Poll 736 Email: [email protected] President: Duncan Ferguson * Extracted from 2011 Annual Returns as at 22 May 2012 Phone: 07 4651 1608 Sales from two or more studs of the same owner are combined. Fax: 07 4651 1535 “The Top Ten” is published each year as a record from Annual Returns. Mobile: 0427 114 461

74 75 BARCALDINE DOWNS Poll & Merino Stud

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76 77 The best of Queensland

One of the biggest state sheep shows in Queensland in recent years was held in early May at Blackall with studs from Queensland, NSW and South Australia competing. Around 150 Merinos from nineteen studs, 13 of which were from Queensland, were put before Western Australian judges, Collyn Garnett, Willemenup, Gnowangerup, and Rob Mullan, Eastville Park, Wickepin, Henry Armstrong, Pemcaw Poll stud, Dunedoo, NSW, with the stud’s during the three-day event. supreme exhibit of the 2012 Queensland State Sheep Show. Photo courtesy Steve O’Connor For the second consecutive year at this fixture it was a ram from the Dunedoo-based Pemcaw Poll stud of Lou The Queensland ram of the year was from the Brumpton and Henry Armstrong that secured the supreme exhibit family’s Mount Ascot stud, Mitchell. Named Campbell title. after the newly elected Queensland Premier, the ram is now eligible to represent Queensland in the Rabobank Australian Supreme Merino ram judging at Dubbo in August. Mount Ascot also showed the junior champion Merino and reserve. Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, exhibited the Queensland Pemcaw makes it two on the trot ewe of the year, the ewe also being part of the stud’s For the second consecutive year, Lou and Henry Queensland champion pair which will represent the State Armstrong, Pemcaw Poll stud, Dunedoo, NSW, have in vying for the national pair title at the Australian Sheep taken out the supreme exhibit title at the Queensland and Wool Show in Bendigo in July. State Sheep Show. Other championships to go to Barcaldine Downs included The September 2010-drop 19.1-micron ram was the junior champion Poll ram, reserve grand champion champion fine wool Poll before being named grand Poll ram and Queensland junior champion ewe of the champion Poll Merino ram, supreme Poll exhibit and year. the ultimate supreme exhibit of the show. The supreme breeders group award headed south to With standard deviation of 3.1, 16.2 per cent NSW, with the Kopp family of Towalba, Peak Hill, taking coefficient of variation and 99.8pc comfort factor, this the title with a group that included the show’s reserve year’s supreme was out of a Pemcaw Poll stud ewe grand champion Merino ram and grand champion Merino and was again sired by a Moorundie Park ram, this ewe. time Moorundie Park G75. In competition had been the champion Poll Merino Judge Collyn Garnett, said that he liked the ram’s group from Chris and Cindy Clonan’s Alfoxton Poll stud, overall size and structure, especially for his wool Armidale. The Clonans also had the junior champion Poll type. He said that the ram got over the line for the ewe and champion and reserve fine wool Poll ewe; as purity and the softness in the head and muzzle well as the champion fine wool ewe from their horn stud. that carried all the way through his wool and in his Fleece judging saw the grand champion fleece award go underline. to Graham and Mary Wells, One Oak, Jerilderie, NSW, Prior to his trip to Queensland, the August-shorn ram while the Queensland grand champion fleece went to was junior champion Poll ram at this year’s Sydney the Jolly Jumbuck Poll stud of Felicity, Charlie and Lachie Sheep Show at the Royal Easter Show as well as Brumpton. reserve grand champion fine medium Poll ram. Barcaldine Downs manager, Duncan Ferguson, who Last year’s supreme exhibit went on to sell for is also president of the Queensland Merino Stud $20,000 to Murray Power of Airlie Poll stud, Walcha Sheepbreeders’ Association, said the show was a huge at the Rabobank National Merino Ram Sale in success. “We had great support from all the studs; many Dubbo in August. travelled long distances to participate,” he said. Henry Armstrong was not only thrilled with the stud’s “We have also had great support from the Blackall show back-to-back win but said “It was a good show for committee, led by their new president, Tamara Hardie Pemcaw with our clients, Jack, Rhonda and Ben and chief stewards, Ben and Oona Banks.” Banks, “Springleigh”, Blackall, winning the champion pen of flock Merino ewes.”

76 77 2012 Queensland State Sheep Show

50 years ago: The grand champion medium 50 years ago: Terrick Terrick Shepherd from the wool ram at the 1962 Queensland State Sheep Australian Estates’ stud at Blackall, was the grand in Longreach, was Buckinbah Sir John from the champion strong wool Merino ram at the 1962 Bowhay family’s Buckinbah stud, St George. Queensland State Sheep Show.

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1. Members of the Brumpton family, Rosemary, Heather, Lachie, Nigel, Charlie and Felicity, Mount Ascot, Mitchell, Qld, with their Queensland ram of the year. 2. Pictured with the Queensland pair of the year from Barcaldine Downs, are the stud’s manager, Duncan Ferguson, and overseer, Mick Campbell. The ewe of the pair was also Queensland ewe of the year. 3. The supreme breeders group was exhibited by the Kopp family’s Towalba stud, Peak Hill, NSW. Pictured are Shaun and Garry Kopp, Dougal McLeod and Mick Campbell, both of Barcaldine Downs, and Donna Kopp. The lead ram was also reserve grand champion Merino ram and the ewe on the left was grand champion Merino ewe. The second ram will be offered for sale at the Rabobank National Merino Ram Sale in Dubbo in August. 4. Charlie, Lachie and Felicity Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll, Mitchell, exhibited the grand champion Queensland fleece of the show. 5. The Queensland State Sheep Show’s grand champion fleece of the show from One Oak, Jerilderie, NSW, with Mary Wells, judge Matt Thomas, Landmark, Graham Wells, and associate judge Felicity Brumpton, Jolly Jumbuck Poll, Mitchell. The 15.1-micron fleece scored 90.5 points. 6. The 2012 Queensland grand champion Poll ram and reserve champion Queensland ram of the year from Barcaldine Downs. Photos courtesy Steve O’Connor, 0427 648 860

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80 81 Young guns from the north

Queensland “young guns”, Felicity, Charlie, and Lachie Brumpton are well and truly dedicated to the Merino industry. With respective ages of 16, 14 and 12, they have been studmasters for six years since they founded their Jolly Jumbuck Poll Merino stud on the family property, “Mount Ascot”, Mitchell. In August 2007 the stud was registered as Poll Flock No. 1363. At such an early age they could foresee the need for large framed, pure wool, easy-care sheep, and with this in mind Charlie and Lachie Brumpton (front) with the $2800 top-priced ram they set out to produce the type of sheep for which they at their Jolly Jumbuck on-property sale, pictured with buyer, Graeme are now reaping reward. Winks, “Tilquin”, Bollon, Scott Thrift, Elders, and co-principal, Felicity Brumpton. Although all three now attend boarding school in Brisbane, at every opportunity when they are at home they make Early this year, the siblings conducted their inaugural the most of the management and production of their stud. on-property sale in conjunction with their family’s Mount In this they are helped by their proud parents, Nigel and Ascot sale. Jolly Jumbuck rams averaged $1618 with the Rosemary, of Mt Ascot Merino stud. top-priced Poll ram going to $2800 to Graeme Winks, Seeing it as a major advantage in the years to come, the “Tilquin”, Bollon, Queensland. Jolly Jumbuck principals have taken on board the use The young Brumptons are already old hands at junior of technology and measurement tools, and already the judging, placing in competitions before they could see accolades are building. over the top of a sheep. The senior member of the A number of major show prizes have already gone their partnership, Felicity, has qualified to represent Queensland way, culminating in the prestigious Queensland ram of the in the national fleece judging competition finals at Perth year award at the Queensland State Sheep Show in 2011. Show later in the year. At last year’s Rabobank National Merino Show in Dubbo Her skills were further honed when she was associate they showed the reserve champion August-shorn Poll fleece judge at the recent Queensland State Sheep Show. Merino ewe and in August-shorn classes at the 2010 Felicity, Charlie and Lachie’s objectives are to breed a Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo, had the dual purpose sheep with large frame, depth of body, champion medium wool Poll ewe and champion strong length of body and eye muscle, along with a heavy cutting wool Poll ewe. ability. They are hungry for success and for continuing to They were also well up the tally in 2010 at the Dubbo improve their sheep breeding and nurturing the qualities fixture with a ram selling for $4000 to the Barron family, they already have, as well as looking after their generation Adina,�� Cooma, NSW. of wool producers.

80 81 No flies on us

By ABIGAIL McLAUGHLIN Queensland Poll Merino breeder, Errol Brumpton, has been breeding sheep for flystrike resistance, among other traits, since the early 1970s. He witnessed stranded sheep dying in their droves from flystrike in the 1974 floods and since then has given flystrike resistance high priority in his comprehensive breeding program at Well Gully, north of Mitchell in South-West Queensland. The climate where Errol and his wife, Candy, operate their Well Gully’s 2011 ram sales included top Queensland prices of $10,000, 2400 hectare grazing operation swings between extremes twice. Errol Brumpton is pictured with the buyer of one of his $10,000 rams, Neil Williams, “Boyd”, Forbes, NSW. – a hot, humid summer where temperatures can reach 48 degrees Celsius and a cold frosty winter. Well Gully receives an average 525mm a year with most of this The Well Gully sheep are not mulesed. They are treated falling between September and March. only once with chemicals – at lamb marking time with a spot-on chemical on their backsides after their tails have “I’ve found that if there is anything wrong with the skin been removed. structure of the sheep in this climate they will definitely get body struck in the summer months,” Errol Brumpton says. “A lot of our clients, particularly up north, are one-man “Blowfly strike has pushed a lot of sheep out of this district shows. When it rains in the Channel Country, they can be because people found they were spending a lot of their cut off from their sheep for a long time. They need sheep time jetting sheep. that are easy to manage and will survive if the shearers can’t get into the property for a few weeks because it is “We do not mules lambs or body jet ewes (except too wet,” Errol said. occasionally the full udders prior to lambing). Breech and body strike is limited to a few isolated cases each year,” “I learned from a very young age that free-growing, long- says Errol. stapled sheep rarely get flyblown. They can grow a lot of wool quickly so it gets up and off the skin. If the wool Since its inception in 1974, Well Gully has strived to breed is well aligned and has white wax it will absorb very little sheep that are profitable and easy to maintain in the water and will dry out rapidly.” “modern” grazing operation where access to labour is increasingly difficult and chemicals can be expensive, not Science plays a significant role in the Well Gully operation always effective and less appealing to some wool buying and extensive sire and dam performance records are customers. kept for everything – feed conversion, number of lambs weaned, carcase traits, wool and skin characteristics and faecal egg counts. “We’re always looking for trait leaders and superior genes. I’m forever experimenting and the property is divided up into small paddocks for this purpose.” “We had an incredibly wet humid summer in 2010-11 with 800mm of rain from November to January and 290mm in March. I couldn’t believe what I saw. There was no body strike at all and one case of breech strike among the 4200 ewes and lambs. There was virtually no fleece rot and the wool was still pure white. “I’ve tried a lot of different things over the years to achieve fly resistance. Unless sheep are bred in the humid environment where fleece rot and flystrike are constant challenges and pasture nutrition is average at best, then it is difficult to breed flystrike resistant sheep. It is probably fortunate these conditions prevail in the Mitchell district as it has ensured natural selection over many years which contributed to the low strike rate seen in the last 12 wet months,” he says. Errol believes woolgrowers will be forced to cut down on chemical use as issues of price, resistance, availability and customer preferences come into play. “The demand is for an eco-friendly product. Wool scours Adrian and Rosemary Newton with their $10,000 Well Gully ram are finding it harder to deal with the chemical residue and purchase. eventually they won’t be able to at all,” he says.

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Genetics for the ‘all-purpose’ sheep In his drive to breed a modern sheep for a world where labour is hard to get and minimal maintenance is the new rule, Mitchell Merino breeder, Errol Brumpton, believes in making greater use of genetic selection tools. On their Well Gully Poll Merino stud, Errol and his wife, Candy, join 2500 ewes a year. In one of the largest of such programs in Australia, 1600 ewes are inseminated in their laparoscopic AI program. The flock has an average micron of 18.2. Errol maintains that genetics is a key for optimising production in Queensland with its extreme hot, humid environment and low protein pastures which dictate how much wool and how many lambs a sheep can produce. He says that now, more than ever, sheep need to be fast-maturing with superior carcases and wool Select for to make lightweight, next-to-skin fabrics. “When selecting and buying rams, subjective appraisal for confirmation such as large barrel is very important, Superior Wools but crucial traits can be built-in with certainty by using ASBVs. These include the invisible genes for Lustrous wools with feed conversion and high lamb survival to develop excellent definition. the ‘all-purpose’ sheep – accessed through yearling weight, yearling fat, muscling, numbers of lambs weaned, worm egg counts and post-weaning weight breeding values.” Select for “These are powerful genes that can be used to target the core weaknesses of a flock for further commercial gain,” he said. “They’re also cumulative, Staple Length lasting and really cheap.” Gutsy wool with Well Gully is an ASBV trait leader for weaning and post weaning worm egg count. Errol said “We’re weight. always looking for trait leaders and superior genes that will excel, especially in worm resistance, eye muscle depth and fat depth, which all contribute to constitution and lamb survival.” Select for He considers ASBVs “a wonderful tool for making faster, lasting gains in flock productivity and enterprise profit”. Constitution Free growing wools on easy care carcase.

Top of $3300 at Wilgunya Dirranbandi woolgrowers Max and Benn Wilson of Max Wilson Wilgunya stud had a very pleasing result at their 2011 annual ram sale last October. Wilgunya Merino Stud Fetching a top price of $3300, the sale recorded a 100 per cent clearance and $1554 average for the Dirranbandi Qld 4486 70 rams on offer. The top-priced lot was bought by David and Andrew 07 4625 8214 or Murray, “Woodlawn”, Lightning Ridge. The 18-4- micron ram had 15.82pc coefficient of variation and 0427 258 214 100pc comfort factor. [email protected] The sale was very solid throughout with 57 rams selling for $1000 or better and the $3000 barrier was broken four times. Buyers came from Goondiwindi, Walgett, Wee Waa, Lightning Ridge, Collarenebri, Brewarrina, Cunnamulla, Longreach and the local area.

82 83 Sometimes they were successful – other times they picked up the carnage, destroying the badly maimed and treating others with antibiotics. “We had to get the antibiotics into the sheep within a couple of hours of being bitten - otherwise the blood poisoning would be too far advanced,” said Karen. The crunch really came when 300 stud weaner ewes were either maimed or killed by wild dogs. “Through this time I had been researching various Intricate predator control methods,” said Karen. “We chose to trial the Maremma guardian dog simply because of the genetics – 2000 years of guarding livestock. management “I believe you need to treat a predator such as a dog, with an equal or better. “The Best Practice Manual didn’t exist back then so tool at Wattle everything was trial and error, with a lot of error on our part. The Maremmas knew what they had to do: we were the ones who didn’t understand,” said Karen. Downs Maremmas have successfully controlled the wild dog situation at Wattle Downs to the point that there have been Maremma guardian dogs no attacks for over six years. The Maremmas are now regarded as an intricate management tool, not only controlling wild dogs, but also For the last decade or more, the Huskisson family at foxes, hares, pigs and feral cats – even the odd rabbit. Wattle Downs Merino and Poll Merino studs, “The Gums”, Queensland, has successfully incorporated Maremma Lambs are weaned into mobs with Maremmas and this guardian dogs into their flocks, not only as guardians, but has given a 100 per cent weaning survival rate. also as a key management tool. Karen said that the sheep guarded by Maremmas seem Like many woolgrowers throughout Australia, Wattle to graze better and there is no stress on stock, so the Downs had enjoyed a wild dog-free status since the conversion of feed to wool and weight gain is more 1918-20 period. It was at this time that Merinos were efficient. “There are even other benefits due to the lack of introduced to the property, and with careful selection and stress. Stock seem to be less prone to worms – or maybe breeding, Wattle Downs Merino stud was registered in they just cope better,” said Karen. “We don’t have any 1956 and the Poll stud in 1974. scientific proof – just our own observations.” With the new millennium came the re-emergence of the Often the calving cows are successfully run in the same wild dog to Wattle Downs. paddocks as the sheep guarded by Maremmas, even though the Maremmas have not actually been bonded to “These dogs hit with a vengeance and after more than 80 the cattle. When the cow calves the Maremma will watch years of living in a wild dog-free environment it came as a from a distance, only leaving the cow and calf when they bit of a shock,” says owner, Karen Huskisson. believe there aren’t any problems and they are safe. “We embarked on a huge baiting and trapping campaign “All in all we should thank the wild dogs. If we didn’t have which seemed to ease the pressure in the beginning. a wild dog problem we would never have considered Unfortunately, being surrounded by cattle breeders who Maremmas in the first place. Now I could never imagine believed there wasn’t really a wild dog problem, we were running sheep or livestock without them”, said Karen. on our own.” said Karen. Further information: Karen Huskisson, ph (07) 4665 9129. The crisis became so bad that Bill and Karen Huskisson would do a ‘wild dog run’, starting at around 4 a.m. every morning, aiming to beat the dogs before they hit.

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84 85 Who, what, where and when?

Can readers answer any of these questions? This photo from The Land Heritage Collection adorns the walls of many homes and offices throughout NSW, but to date no one has been able to shed light on its provenance or any of the people featured. If you can provide any answers, contact the NSW SMBA’s Carol-Ann Malouf, ph (02) 6895 2274 or email [email protected]

84 85 Highlighting classing skills

A valuable but significant competition that takes place Winner of the inaugural National Graduate Woolclasser of the Year quietly in the background to each year’s Sydney Competition, Holly Byrne, Bagshot, Victoria, with runner-up Carmen-Lee Sheep Show is highlighting and acknowledging the skill Campbell, Dubbo, and third placed, Thornall Burey, Guyra. requirements of a vital link in the wool pipeline from paddock to mill. to the wool industry and on achieving such recognition For some years the TAFE /AWEX NSW – Queensland so early in their careers. “This is exciting for wool classing Graduate Wool Classing Competition has been staged at and the wool industry.” the Sydney Royal, and this year, twelve of Australia’s top “Holly’s performance along with the other finalists was graduate woolclassers competed in the inaugural AWEX outstanding. She displayed confidence under pressure National Graduate Woolclasser of the Year Competition. and the ability to make effective decisions throughout the Initiated by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) in competition,” Mr Grave said. conjunction with TAFE the new national competition Other NSW graduate finalists were Marcelle Incher, Dry is aimed at raising the profile of wool classing as an Plains; Sarah Artery, Oberon; Andrew Hughes, Baldry; and important Australian profession and acknowledging the Bernadette McRae, Morangarell. skills required to be a professional woolclasser in today’s wool industry. The NSW/Queensland final is open to the top four graduating wool classing students from NSW and one Competitors in the new competition were the best from each TAFE region that is otherwise not represented graduate woolclassers from New South Wales, Victoria, by the top four; as well as up to two students from Tasmania and Western Australia. Queensland. All entrants must have completed the Winner of the inaugural award was 19-year-old Holly Certificate IV in Wool Classing and be registered or Byrne, from Bagshot, Victoria, a graduate of Bendigo qualified to seek AWEX registration. TAFE. Both competitions had five sections, three of which were Her prize was the Golden Stencil trophy, $500 cash and simulated classing scenarios and then AWEX ID of wool an invitation to attend a 2012 Masterclasser course. types and wool valuation as well as an oral presentation Second place and the Silver Stencil went to Carmen-Lee giving justification for their fine/superfine classing strategy. Campbell, Dubbo, and the Bronze Stencil of third place In the state competition, Carmen-Lee Campbell was first was awarded to Thornall Burey, Guyra. and Thornall Burey, second. In third place was Marcelle “We’re delighted at the high standard and evenness of Incher. the competition “They were young guns from all over the country who which highlights were going places within the wool industry. Some were the depth of working on studs; others in wool stores, but all were talent and skill inspiring with their own stories,” said Mrs Incher of her of the next fellow finalists. generation of Australian “My mentor and husband, Dean, took out first place in the woolclassers,” year he graduated some 20 years ago and it has been said AWEX his ongoing passion for wool that has inspired me to learn CEO, Mark more. Grave. The Inchers of “Mayfield”, Dry Plains, near Cooma, “This is why were last year’s winners of the Berridale Agricultural Australia’s Bureau Merino Ewe Competition, having also won on reputation for three previous occasions. “We both hope to continue to producing the improve with the industry for many years to come,” said best wool in Mrs Incher. the world is Mr Grave said that the new national competition will justified.” become a permanent fixture in the Australian wool Mr Grave said calendar. “Wool classing remains a valuable asset in that each finalist today’s wool industry and this skill will only increase in should be importance to woolgrowers as the industry progresses. acknowledged “The wool industry today is a professional industry National finalist and third-placegetter in the state for their competition, Monaro woolgrower, Marcelle Incher, and one where woolgrowers should be using trained “Mayfield”, Dry Plains. commitment woolclassers to maximise their returns,” he said.

86 87 Conrayn’s double act

It seemed like déjà vu when the result of the 2011 Monaro Ram of the Year was announced earlier this year. Again from the Berridale-based Conrayn stud of Peter and Jayne Lette, the new champion was by the same sire as their 2011 ram of the year. That sire was Alfoxton President, the top-priced ram of the 2009 Armidale (housed) Ram Sale, purchased by the Lettes from Chris and Cindy Clonan’s Alfoxton stud. Monaro Merino Association president, Mark Pendergast, Cottage Park, Cooma, congratulates Peter Lette who holds his second consecutive The 98 kilogram winner had tested 17.8-micron with 2.5 Monaro Ram of the Year. Photo courtesy The Land standard deviation, 14 per cent coefficient of variation and Oliver Wythes, Rockdale stud, Canowindra, performed 100pc comfort factor. judging duties for the title which was ultimately decided After a successful round of shows the ram will now be at Cooma Show after rain forced cancellation of Delegate retained for use in the stud. and Dalgety shows.

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88 89 90 91 The ASWGA vision

By HELEN CATHLES, president, ASWGA The Australian Superfine Wool Growers’ Association Pictured at the recent ASWGA reunion dinner behind the winning fleeces (ASWGA) has had a very active year culminating in the in the Ermenegildo Zegna fleece competition are Andrew and Penny Hundy, “Windradeen”, Pyramul, winners of the prestigious Vellus Aureum ASWGA Reunion Dinner and Seminar in May 2012. trophy for the third consecutive year; Ambassador Chen, The People’s Keynote speaker at the seminar was Madam Ding, from Republic of China; Helen Cathles, ASWGA president; Madam Ding, our new mill member, the Shandong Ruyi Group. Ruyi is Shandong Ruyi Group; and Xiao-Ya Wei, Australian Wool Innovation, China country manager, Shanghai. situated in Jining in the Shandong Province, the birthplace of Confucius. It is crucial that we continually work to educate processors This is an important factor that underpins Ruyi’s and retailers on the value provided by dedicated philosophy, that all businesses in the pipeline must be members and the cost structure that sits behind a quality profitable to ensure your own enterprise. It is to that product. end, of restoring sustainability to the ultrafine Merino industry, that Ruyi and ASWGA signed a memorandum of I never cease to be amazed at how little the rest of the understanding in January. pipeline knows about our ‘paddock’ world and the more I talk with processors the more I realise how little we Ruyi is building their luxury label, Royal Ruyi, which is growers know about the rest of the pipeline. More grower aimed into the domestic Chinese market and uses tours of mills and through to retailers would be a great ultrafine and superfine Merino wool with a strong focus on two-way learning tool. 14.5-micron and finer. ASWGA strongly supports research, development and ASWGA recognises the crucial role Australian Wool extension (RD&E), and marketing. When you stop doing Innovation (AWI) has played in the success of our work these, the ongoing benefit reflects the past achievements, in China and sincerely thanks Sam Guthrie, Xiao-Ya Wei, not the future possibilities. and their team in the Shanghai office, for their insight and ongoing support. In both research marketing we must continue to build our knowledge and opportunities to stay at the cutting edge. The seminar was well supported due to a line-up of excellent speakers including Dr Paul Swan, AWI; Mark Grave, AWEX; Dr Peter Thornber, Australian Animal Welfare Strategy; Dr James Rowe, Sheep CRC; Geoff Fisken, WoolProducers Australia; and Snow Gum retailer, Mike Dean. Their presentations are available on our ASWGA’s website at www.aswga.com/DinnerSeminar.htm The global financial crisis impact through Europe, Japan, Korea and the USA, has hit our traditional markets, 40th anniversary making business extremely difficult for our mill and grower members. This year the Australian Superfine Wool Growers In 2009 the mills reported their toughest year to date Association celebrates forty years since its foundation. and, as events now unravel in Europe, perhaps 2012-13 But what gave birth to the organisation as the will rival that. To their credit they have remained focused representative body for growers of superfine wool? on quality, retaining their skill base and honing their enterprises. During the late 1960s and early ‘70s, the price of superfine wool declined and by the end of the 1970-71 season a We continue to be disappointed with the poor return to considerable stockpile had accumulated. members for their magnificent Merino wool. Arthur Beggs of Buln Gherin, Beaufort, Victoria, a The ultrafine growers are now down to a return around prominent superfine woolgrower and member of the 10 per cent of their cost of production with prices falling Australian Wool Board, realised that there was an urgent from 20,000 cents a kilogram back in 2011 to around need to form a group to protect the premium end of the 3,000c/kg in April 2012. The best superfine Merino wool is wool clip and to work more closely with major overseas receiving no premium for quality; it is way below the cost customers to promote superfine wool. of production between 1000 and 2000c/kg kilo clean and only marginally higher priced than medium wools. Tasmania growers had successfully founded the Tasmanian Fine Merino Breeders Association in 1947 to ASWGA has a clear focus, “To ensure a viable future link that State’s superfine growers more closely with their for our superfine wool industry”. To work toward this we overseas customers. maintain strong relations with our 17 mill members in the UK, Europe, Japan and Asia. Continued page 99

90 91 Merino Ewe Competitions 2013

One of the best avenues for industry discussion each Competition organisers welcome your enquiry about year has proven to be the many commercial Merino dates for next year. Organisers are also invited to ewe competitions held around NSW. These days are submit editorial copy and photos immediately after their ideal for exchange of information about breeding and competitions for inclusion in The Top Sire 2013-2014. management issues and the industry in general, as well as interaction between stud and commercial breeders, classers and service and product suppliers.

January Parkes Crookwell Parkes Merino Ewe Competition ANZ Perpetual Trophy Crookwell Flock Ewe Competition Contact Gary O’Brien, ph (02) 6864 3286 Contact Nathan King, ph 0429 129 897 Mudgee Lake Cargelligo Tablelands Flock Ewe Competition Lake Cargelligo Show Society Maiden Merino Ewe Competition Contact Brett Cooper, ph 0407 136 129 Contact John Templeton, ph (02) 6896 9811 March February Central West (Trundle, Parkes, Condobolin) Hay Central Western Association of Agricultural Shows Merino Ewe Peppin-Shaw Riverina Ewe Flock Competition Competition Contact Stacey Lugsdin, ph (02) 6993 1931 Contact Dominique Nixon, ph (02) 6864 2415 Temora Taralga The Moses & Son Maiden Ewe Competition Taralga Region Flock Ewe Competition Contact John Wiencke, ph 0428 695 943 Contact Chris Croker, ph (02) 4843 3141 Trundle Bathurst The Ted Little Memorial Merino Ewe Competition Bathurst Merino Association Maiden Ewe Competition Contact Dominique Nixon, ph (02) 6864 2415 Contact Brian Seaman, ph (02) 6337 3828 Boorowa West Wyalong Boorowa Show Society & Boorowa Merino Breeders West Wyalong Merino Breeders Ewe Competition Association Annual Flock Ewe Competition Contact Rod Hardie, ph (02) 6975 7230 Contact Rick Power, ph 0437 131 925 May Condobolin Berridale The Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition Berridale Ag Bureau Monaro Merino Ewe Competition Contact Carol-Ann Malouf, ph 0499 597 844 Contact Don Southwell, ph (02) 6454 4025 Bookham Henty (month to be advised) Bookham Agricultural Bureau Merino Ewe Competition Henty & District Merino Breeders Association Merino Ewe Contact Doug Painting, 0418 600 780 Competition Contact Debbie Mott, ph (02) 6920 3530 2012 round-up

A round-up of the State’s commercial hogget ewe competitions shows the interest is not waning; in fact, quite the contrary. While they highlight bloodline performance at grassroots level in a range of environments, they are heralded by organisers and participants for the educational value and exchange of information opportunities. They are also appreciated by members of industry bodies and sponsors as an informal manner of learning at first-hand the issues and needs of wool producers and product performance. Anyone who has never attended a Merino ewe competition should look to rectifying this next year by selecting from the list above. Not only will you go away with more information but also you will have been a valued new contributor. Some 2012 competition results follow, with others reported elsewhere in this publication. Narelle and Garry Sunderland, “Currajong Park”, Fifield, winners of Trundle’s Ted Little Memorial Merino Ewe Competition. continued next page Photo courtesy The Land

92 93 August, as well as champion Poll ram and champion fine/ medium wool in March-shorn Poll classes. Weighing in at 128 kilograms, Phar Lap had a 2.6-micron standard deviation, 12.9 per cent coefficient of variation and 99.8pc comfort factor. He also narrowly edged out his pen- F.S. Falkiner’s mate, Wanganella 0.019, the Bendigo champion medium wool March-shorn ram. awesome Judge, Stuart McBurnie, Elders Riverina Merino Weealla stud, Gilgandra, Ram of the Year judge, said that he struggled to Stuart McBurnie, Weealla twosome split the top two rams, but stud, Balladoran, with said that the award winning Errol Horneman and Clyde McKenzie, Elders, Deniliquin, PB0.072 was big and square and the winning ram from Poll In a prelude to the stud’s 150th anniversary celebrations with stylish wool that was Boonoke, Deniliquin, held by and record-breaking on-property sale last September, just good enough to get him operations manager, Justin the F.S. Falkiner and Sons’ team had two star performers over the line. He felt that the Campbell. Photo courtesy The Land during July and August that claimed a bag full of awards. Wanganella ram had better At the Elders Expo in Deniliquin on August 19, PB0.072 wool and in time, would cut more. from Poll Boonoke was the first Poll Merino in nearly 30 Turning the tables in Dubbo, Wanganella 0.019 walked years to take out the coveted Riverina Merino Ram of the away with the national March-shorn title after being junior Year title. The previous Poll stud to win the crown was Old champion NSW March-shorn ram; also picking up the Cobran in 1983, the second year of the competition. ribbon for champion medium wool March-shorn ram. In a field of twelve of the Riverina’s best rams, there was Another award on the day was that for the Elders Northern an interesting split of seven Polls competing against five Clip of the Year, a title that went to Ian McLachlan’s “Tupra horned rams. Station”, Hay, managed by David Rankin. Nicknamed Phar Lap, the 20.1-micron ram had also been The winning clip comprised 400 bales from a 735-bale grand champion Poll Merino at the Australian Sheep and March shearing that was classed by Mark Baldwin. The Wool Show in Bendigo in July. Following the Deniliquin 21.4-micron clip had a yield of 68.9pc, average staple event, he was reserve junior champion NSW March-shorn strength of 39 Newtons per kilotex and an average staple ram at the Rabobank National Sheep Show in Dubbo in length of 92mm.

2012 ewe competition round-up Parkes Merino Ewe Competition Bookham Agricultural Bureau’s Merino Ewe Competition 1. Richard, George and David Green, “Kenray Yards”, Parkes, Haddon Rig-blood 1. Sam and Rowena Weir, “Ildemere”, Bookham (2nd consecutive win), Bogo- 2. Geoff Cole, “Pindari”, Parkes, Langdene/ blood Nerstane-blood 2. Chris and James Shannon, “Talmo”, Taralga Region Flock Ewe Competition Bookham, Bogo-blood 1. Chris and Stephanie Croker, “Ayrston”, 3. Caroline Spittle, “Kingslea”, Berremangra, Golspie via Taralga, Thalabah-blood Grogansworth-blood 2. Brian Corby, “Bunjie”, Taralga Boorowa Show Society & Boorowa Merino 3. John Lang, “Weona”, Golspie Breeders Association Annual Flock Ewe The Ted Little Memorial Merino Ewe Competition Competition 1. John, Shirley and Andrew Green, “Kalinda”, 1. Garry and Narelle Sunderland, “Currajong Boorowa, Roseville Park-blood Park, Fifield, Darriwell-blood 2. Tim and Bernie McGrath, “Hopefield”, 2. Doug and Megan Mortimer, “Pine Grove”, Boorowa, Merrignee-blood Tullamore, Centre-Plus-blood 3. Steve Jarvis and Lydia Wittman, 3. Greg and Chris Burke, “The Kars”, “Heathfield”, Boorowa, Pastora-blood Yarrabandai, Bundemar-blood ANZ Perpetual Trophy Crookwell Flock Ewe West Wyalong Merino Breeders Ewe Competition Competition 1. Brian and Helen Anderson, “Lower Sylvia 1. Andrew and Catherine Koop, “Winnora”, Vale”, Binda via Crookwell, Hazeldean-blood Girral, Austral Eden-blood 2. Geoff and Debbie Selmes, “Wahroonga”, 2. Daryl and Ernest Kitto, Tallimba, Pastora- Crookwell, Royalla-blood blood 3. Brad and Maria Cartwright, “Kempton”, 3. Rod Hardie, “Currawong”, Tallimba, One Laggan, Thalabah-blood Oak-blood

92 93 Sydney. When this paper was sold to The Land in 1975, Mr McCosker returned to Brisbane as editor of QCL and after that paper became part of the Rural Press group in 1977, served in several positions as editor, deputy editor and livestock editor. In recognition of Mr McCosker’s contribution to rural industry and his craft, he received the Queens’s Jubilee Medal in 1975 and was honoured with a medal of the Order of Australian (OAM) in 1988 for services to the Farewell media, particularly rural journalism. That same year, he also produced Heritage Merino, which tracks the history and personalities of many of Australia’s The sympathy of members of the NSW Stud Merino great Merino studs. Breeders’ Association (SMBA) and the Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders’ Association is extended to In 2010 he was the inaugural inductee in to the Rural the families of the following identities, without whom the Journalism Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifetime of Merino world is poorer. service to rural media. On his retirement last year, Mr McCosker had celebrated 50 years as a rural journalist. John Ferrier His final visit to Sydney Sheep Show at the Royal was last Colourful industry stalwart and year, his 39th visit since he began covering the Sydney Warren-based classer, John Royal Easter Show in 1972, having only missed one year Ferrier, passed away in August last in that time. year. Malcolm McCosker was a true friend of the Merino Born in Toowoomba, he was a industry, held in high regard by members of our NSW and Queensland “Red” to the very core. Queensland associations, among a wider readership. “Johnno”, as he was known by Craig Montgomery his closest friends, started his sheep career at Baratta Station, Livestock breeders throughout Deniliquin, with the Australian NSW and southern Queensland Mercantile Land and Finance Company and at were saddened to hear of the “Burrabogie”, Hay, with Neilson Mills; then in Queensland passing of long-time stud stock with the Scottish Australian Company as overseer and representative for The Land, Craig manager. Montgomery, on January 25. He returned to NSW in 1956 as manager of “Wahroonga” Only in his late 50s, Craig had at Nevertire, where he started his stud and classing career endured a long and tough battle with Wrenford Matthews. From this he became well with kidney and liver problems known and respected in both NSW and Qld. on top of several years of serious health issues. He had been in hospital since before Mr Ferrier was announcer for both Sydney and Dubbo Christmas awaiting a transplant and his condition sheep shows for many years until surgery cut short that progressively deteriorated. career. Friend and fellow classer, Ian Marwedel, said Mr Ferrier had a great gift with the microphone and In his dealings with breed organisations and livestock everything ran like clockwork. producers, Craig always demonstrated enormous energy and enthusiasm which belied his ill health. “He knew so many onlookers and personalities and was able to introduce them at will,” Mr Marwedel said. “His Raised in Hornsby in Sydney’s north, but with an early quick wit and humour would often bring a chuckle from interest in agriculture, Mr Montgomery commenced the crowd.” his working life in the agency game with Winchcombe Carson, Dalgetys and Elders. Mr Ferrier will also be remembered as a more than useful bush cricketer and was known to be quite a burglar at the In 1985 he joined The Land as a stud stock representative Warren Golf Club with many wins up his sleeve and a total based in Armidale which became his home. of three holes-in-one. The Land’s general manager John Dwyer, said Mr Mark Griggs Montgomery was an integral member of the paper’s stud Source: The Land stock team for a quarter of a century. “And he had a bit Malcolm McCosker OAM of larrikin in him; he had a real passion for the livestock game and the people involved in it,” Mr Dwyer said. Veteran Queensland rural journalist “Craig would travel miles to sell an advertisement. He Malcolm McCosker, 73, died on was taught and believed in old-fashioned service and December 4 last year. continued down this path even with the advent of new From his early days at Queensland technology.” Country Life in 1961, he covered Mr Montgomery was also a great whiteface supporter vast areas of Queensland from with his own Hereford stud, Goose Creek, successfully head office in Brisbane and then as exhibiting at Sydney Royal and enjoying sales to a top of a regional rep based in Townsville $10,000. and Toowoomba before moving back to Brisbane. In May 1972, His passion for breeding extended to an extensive garden Mr McCosker was seconded to the editor’s position at and he was well known as a highly skilled gardener with a QCL’s sister newspaper, NSW Country Life, based in particular passion for roses.

94 95 Record crowd at 21st

Mungadal manager, Jock Campbell, with Magnus Aitken, manager of Peppin-Shaw Paraway Pastoral’s “Steam Plains” and a member of the Peppin-Shaw committee.

By CAROL TRAINOR am still confident they will cut that 60mm minimum when are shorn next,” Mr Campbell said. A new management team steered the historic Mungadal Merino operation to a win in the 21st anniversary Peppin- He said six-month shearing delivered improved animal Shaw Riverina Merino Ewe Flock Competition in early health and increased production, with greater wool cut February. and higher lambing conception and survival than when the sheep were shorn once a year. The biggest flock entered in the competition, with 2100 May-June 2010 drop ewes, caught the eye of judges Runner-up in both the overall competition and the Cam Munro, Egelabra, Warren, and Deniliquin sheep southern section was the entry of Joel and Fiona Porter, advisor Ian Evans, Australian Wool Innovation. “Ramsay”, Booroorban, a Woodpark blood flock, classed by Stuart Hodgson, Wagga Wagga. The judges told the crowd they were impressed by the evenness of the big yarding, particularly after Mungadal The Tom’s Lake blood flock of David and Barbara Butcher, manager, Jock Campbell, said only 20 per cent of the “Bronte”, Mossgiel, classed by Jim Wilcox was northern drop was classed out as the operation was building winner and third in the competition. numbers following the drought. Central section winner and best new entry prizes were The Mungadal blood flock was taken over by Paraway awarded to the Houston family of “Budgewah”, Hay, for Pastoral under Mr Campbell’s management in August their Woodpark Poll blood flock managed by Rowan 2010, just in time to wean the ewes. It has been classed Houston and classed by Wagga Wagga’s Craig Wilson. for the past 10 years by Hay’s Ian Lilburne, with breeding The Houston’s flock was one of three new entries in this objectives to continue down the same path for a specific year’s competition. Mungadal type - plain-bodied, early maturing, big framed In other results, the northern area runner-up, and fifth sheep. overall, was the Peters family of “Yandembah”, Hillston, The ewes have been managed since Paraway’s with their Ballatherie blood flock. The flock was also involvement under a rotational grazing regime which awarded the new short wool award. emphasises vegetation management in tandem with The One Oak blood flock of the Rutledge family, “Yeadon”, livestock management. Hay, was central area runner-up and the encouragement The flock also received the Jock Dunn fertility award for award went to the “Tholloloboy”, Mossgiel flock run by its high lambing percentage, with 5822 lambs dropped in Roger and Jackie Job. 2010 from 5307 joined. The ewes weighed an average of Over the two day competition, about 130 people each 64 kilograms and the majority had a fat score of three. day visited ten sheep yards across the region, with The ewes were shorn at weaning and every six months travel stretching from Mossgiel in the north to south of since then, cutting about 60-65mm in wool length. “About Wanganella, covering close to 1000 kilometres. 70mm would be more my target in the long term, but I This year was the competition’s 21st anniversary with Mark Bazeley’s company, Riverina Wool (Moama) and Coopers Animal Health featuring as long term major sponsors. Spectators agreed that a good season last year had delivered sheep in great condition which brought buoyancy to the discussions in the yards after the drought-affected years. Secretary for many years, Stacey Lugsdin, said “The sheep all looked magnificent – such a heart warming sight after the last decade.” In common with many of this year’s flock ewe competitions, the “hot” discussion topics around the yards were six-month shearing programs, lice control methods, shearer and shedhand training issues, various property A scene at Rowan and Sarah Houston’s “Budgewah”, Hay during stock-watering systems and the use of electronic ear judging of this year’s Peppin-Shaw Riverina Ewe Competition. tags.

94 95 New era for Pooginook

By KIM WOODS A finely tuned balance of wool growth, production and Anthea Sutherland uses a wand during shearing to electronically scan an fertility is the holy grail at Riverina Merino stud, Pooginook. ear tag to generate a bar code which accompanies each fleece from the board to the weigh scales. Breeding that genuine self-replacing sheep for the sheep-wheat zone, plus a bit of extra carcass for growers commercially achievable in Merino sheep. “We aim for wanting meat in their flock, is the stud’s modern focus. over 110 per cent of lambs weaned to ewes joined at But, the bottom line is lambs on the ground and cutting Pooginook,’’ he said. wool, according to Pooginook business manager, John The weaner sheep are managed along the principles Sutherland. of Lifetime Ewe with weaning and 300 day weights Pooginook’s strength lies in the ability to produce sheep recorded, along with fleece weight and micron at 11 consistently cutting good heavy medium wool. The months. This enables stud classer, David Taylor, to use a Jerilderie-based stud has concentrated in recent years on combination of measured performance and visual traits to producing a polled, early maturing, plain bodied, 19-20 select ewes. micron sheep for the mixed farming belt. Shearing has moved to six monthly intervals at March In 2012, the stud celebrates a milestone – 75 years since and September, eliminating the need for crutching. The it was founded by the Taylor family in 1937 after the additional shearing costs have been recouped by a 15pc original Yoorooga stud was divided to form Wonga and increase in wool production from the ewes. There is less Pooginook. The iconic Pooginook stud flock and property vegetable matter in the wool, and ewes are joined and were sold by David and Gillian Taylor to Paraway Pastoral lambed off-shears, resulting in more lambs weaned. in 2007. “We are achieving staple lengths of up to 72mm and Pooginook was expanded in 2008 to 19,656 hectares with tensile strength of 50-65 Newtons a kilotex with six the addition of neighbouring station Stud Park North. It months wool,’’ Mr Sutherland said. now boasts a carrying capacity of 20,000 DSE with 5900 At shearing, an electronic bar code accompanies each stud ewes joined this year. The stud owns no farming fleece from the board to the scales. Fleece weights are plant – local contractors are used for cropping, lamb collected on one-year-old ewes, and again, as rising two- marking, fleece weighing, scanning and shearing. This year-olds just before lambing to provide frees staff to concentrate on livestock management, with adult fleece data to fine tune their joining starting on December 20 for six weeks. place in the stud. This year, 1100 special stud ewes have been artificially The stud has contributed inseminated to leading industry poll and horned sires. rams to Australian Merino The stud ewes cut on average 9kg of 20.2 micron sire evaluation trials since wool, depending on the season. Mr Sutherland believes 2007. Data collected on lambing rates fleece weight, growth, of 100-130 micron, scrotal size and per cent are

Manager, Xavier Maher, and his dog Ella work young ewes in the yards at Pooginook.

96 97 Demondrille does it again

Patrick and Andrew Davis, Demondrille, Harden, have shown the supreme exhibit at the annual Mudgee Merino Show for the second year on the trot. From the stud’s Jackpot family, the champion is a half-brother to last year’s supreme. It was sashed by Max Rayner Senior, from Grathlyn stud, Hargraves, who has not missed a Mudgee Show and Sale in the 56 years since he was on the inaugural committee. Bill Murray of Exact Livestock Services, collects fleece weight data Their superfine champion went on to sell for $3000 at the during shearing. following day’s annual sale, as did a second Demondrille ram, to Dan and Nicola McMahon, Rockley, buyers of the eye muscle area is sent to Sheep Genetics for collation. Demondrille supreme and top-priced ram at last year’s “We are using Sheep Genetics to develop an index we Mudgee Sale. The Ostini family of “Oakey Park”, Orange can use in combination with visual traits,’’ Mr Sutherland paid the sale’s second-top price for another ram from the said. Demondrille offering. All rams sold by the stud last year carried Australian The sale’s top price of $5500 was paid three times for Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs). The next step is to rams from Merryville, Boorowa, with the sale’s first lot implement Pedigree Matchmaker which uses radio going to the Hill family, “Belvoir”, O’Connell, for a 16.5- frequency (RFID) ear tags, enabling individual pedigrees to micron ram by Francesco 2nd. be traced to the ewe. Kongbool Pastoral Company, Balmoral, Victoria, Sales manager, Pat Brown, has been with Pooginook for purchased the other two sale toppers, Merryville more than two decades. He said fertility would continue to Ringmaster Syndicate rams, testing 17.6-micron and drive the profitability of the Merino breed. 15.8-micron respectively. “At Pooginook we have maintained our soft, bright wool Overall the sale averaged $1495 with 41 rams selling from while changing the structure of the animal to bigger 9 vendor studs. framed, earlier maturing and plainer bodied sheep,’’ Mr Brown said. Pooginook was ready for the new wave of The show’s other major ribbons went to the Cox family’s future sheep breeders with its combination of modern Bocoble, Mudgee, for the grand champion extra superfine technology, traditional values and depth of breeding, ram; to Merryville for their grand champion fine wool ram; according to Mr Brown. and to John and Kathy Roberts, Dunbogan stud, Elong Elong, for their grand champion medium wool ram. “(Future wool growers) will typically have more academic qualifications and will be looking for objective Demondrille also showed the champion pen of three sale measurement,’’ he said. rams. The 2013 Mudgee Ram Show and Sale will be held on Sunday 10 and Monday 11 February. Further information: Max and Gai Rayner, ph (02) 6373 8518.

Patrick and Andrew Davis, Demondrille, Harden, with Max Rayner Sr, Grathlyn, Hargraves (centre), after he had sashed Demondrille’s supreme exhibit at this year’s Mudgee Merino Show.

John Settree, Landmark, Dubbo, and Wal Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa, with one of the two Adrian Flint, Fox & Lillie Rural, and John Sutherland discuss the 2011- $5500 rams purchased by drop Poll stud ewes at Pooginook. Kongbool Pastoral Company, Balmoral, Victoria, at this year’s Mudgee Merino Sale. Photos courtesy The Land

96 97 New program increases profits in Condobolin

By CAROL TRAINOR A decent season which allowed sheep to fully express their potential for the first time in about a decade did not just help the “North Condobolin” flock net a win in the well- regarded Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition held in the Condobolin district in February. It also highlighted the results of two recently introduced David McDonald, “North Condobolin”, Graham McDonald, “Scrublands”, and Graham’s son, James, in their McDonald Bros prize-winning entry management techniques for the 2500 breeding ewes in at this year’s Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition in the the McDonald family’s Woodpark-blood Merino flock, Condobolin district. classed by Stuart Hodgson. David McDonald, who runs the family’s mixed farming The ewes are then pregnancy scanned with single or operation with his wife Jenny, his brother Graham and twin and later lambing ewes identified and these taken Graham’s wife Marjorie, said the family started an off to simplify management. There was little difference eight-month shearing program last year on the back of in weaning time for both lamb ages, although the later introducing increasingly detailed pregnancy scanning lambed mobs did wean slightly later. during the drought. The scanning program was started for better stock The flock’s short shearing time – in contrast to a more management during the drought, to reduce numbers of traditional annual shearing – and the McDonald brothers’ older lambs running with the newborn lambs. “Identifying detailed approach to sheep pregnancy management the later lambs is a lot to ask the scanner but it makes for were key talking points at this year’s competition. better management later when those younger lambs are The McDonalds run their self-replacing Merino flock, join separate to the older lambs,” Mr McDonald said. about the same number to British breed rams and crop “It also gave us the option to wean a little bit earlier about 3000 hectares of their 8000ha operation. – when things get tight it’s the young lambs that really get The Don Brown was a close event with flocks through knocked around. Those later lambs, by just leaving them the district in tremendous shape, according to David in one group – we don’t separate them into twins and McDonald. singles as it would be less than 20 per cent of the lambs – means they get a bit more protection.” The sheep’s condition and lambing results reflected both management and sheep type with Mr McDonald “Scanning, separating twins and identifying the later saying a great lambing result was one of the outstanding lambs does mean a little bit more work initially but makes features of the previous season. The ewes achieved 118 for easier management later.” per cent lambs average with the twins able to rear 150pc. “The twins are split into two mobs and they will get the The McDonald’s eight-month shearing regime was also best of the lambing paddocks. We try to keep them in considered a likely contributor to the solid lambing results. smaller paddocks, although to keep that in perspective, With just under 2500 ewes joined they culled just 115 who last year that was about 150 hectares.” were not in the mob, which was fairly standard for the As a tight season bit last year, one of the two twin mobs flock, Mr McDonald said, as they would normally expect was supplementary fed, but this made little difference about 95pc sheep scanned in lamb. to lambing percentages with both mobs achieving the “We are looking for a sheep that is not too complicated,” same result. In addition, they also baited foxes and used Mr McDonald said. “We want a type that is highly fertile, alpacas. productive wool cutting with soft wool and plenty of it. The seasons also impacted on lambing timing, as the “When we select our rams we are looking for large- McDonalds brought it back to June-July from July-August. framed, free handling sheep with good nourishment and “September and October can be very harsh here so obvious style of wool.” this strikes a balance and means the lambs can get to The McDonalds join in the beginning of January for a weaning age before summer.” June-July lambing, leaving the Merino rams in with the Shearing timing is flexible, varying from seven to nine ewes for six weeks and then put Dorsets in for about two months depending on the farm program and shearer weeks after that. Once the Merino rams have been in with availability but Mr McDonald said the family was reluctant the ewes they are backed up with British breeds. to shear at any shorter interval.

98 99 “When we were shearing annually we found some sheep were overgrowing their wool. By shearing more frequently ASWGA’s 40th anniversary we are hoping sheep health might be better and that From page 91 could also be reflected in improved lambing. Arthur Beggs had been working on his proposal for a “We crutch eight weeks before shearing and the sheep national superfine organisation for some time and was are certainly better. This last shearing, the sheep achieved receiving enthusiasm for his proposals from growers. He 70 millimetres of wool after seven months. The previous propounded the need for an organisation in the light of shearing was at eight months and we got 80mm, so we low prices for superfine wool, with an important aim of are getting about 10mm a month, which we are happy promoting closer collaboration with special customers, with. while at the same time keeping costs of the organisation “We don’t want to go any sooner than seven months at a minimum. because I think it really would be shortening the wool up. If After meeting with various growers in NSW and Victoria, we go back to six months we would not have to crutch but Mr Beggs subsequently called a meeting in Melbourne on we would be going back to about 60mm which would be May 5, 1971. At this meeting the ASWGA came into being limiting our market, so at this stage I am happy with what with the principle aim of ensuring a viable future for the we are doing.” Australian superfine wool industry. The 19-micron wool of the maidens and the 19.5- to Today the ASWGA is an international association of 20.0-micron of the older ewes netted 5 kilograms of wool superfine woolgrowers and processors, founded to for eight months at their second shearing last October. promote and further the development and marketing of superfine wool. Established at a time when many did not Mr McDonald told The Land newspaper the flock’s wool recognise the importance of superfine wool in the industry, tensile strength “was a stand-out”. the organisation now represents the majority of Australian “The lowest was 40 Newtons per kilotex and highest was superfine woolgrowers, with both stud and commercial 53, so this clip averaged somewhere in the mid-40s,” he growers among its membership, as well as the best said. known overseas manufacturers. The McDonalds started their shorter shearing program Over 40 years, the association has built a strong last year as they came out of the drought. international recognition as the peak body representing “It is a lot of work, and everybody in the partnership the Australian superfine wool industry and relates closely makes it work, including crutching eight weeks out from with other peak industry bodies and research institutes. shearing, but we are achieving our objective of animal Members are spread over seven branches covering health and we have good shearers who we work with,” Mr the superfine woolgrowing regions of NSW, Victoria and McDonald said. Tasmania.

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98 99 Valuable new DNA tests

The long-term research work of the Cooperative Research Professor James Rowe Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (CRC) is delivering ground-breaking new tools for Merino breeders. “It will not be long before sheep breeders will be able to affordably use DNA testing for parentage and horn-poll New DNA tests will soon be available to breeders to and for estimating breeding values early in an animal’s identify an animal’s parentage, the presence of genes for life. The benefits will be faster gains and better balance in polled or horned and prediction of breeding values for a ram selection and breeding programs.” wide range of traits. The parentage test will also help to decide the most useful Merino breeders and producers will have the opportunity progeny to genotype. The combination of a more cost- to benefit from this ground-breaking research through a effective genotyping program and the improved accuracy new third phase of the genomic product development of pedigree data will increase the value of both genomic project organised by the Sheep CRC and Sheep Genetics. tests. Sheep CRC chief executive James Rowe said the Operating as part of the Federal Department of Innovation Information Nucleus Flock and Genomics Pilot Projects Industry Science and Research’s CRC program, the had already delivered a number of new breeding traits Sheep CRC is a collaboration of industry, government and improved accuracy levels in breeding values to assist and the commercial sector. It is working to increase Merino breeders to improve ram selection. productivity and profitability of the industry through new Results to date have been delivered via Sheep Genetics to technologies for adoption by both the meat and wool their clients of MERINOSELECT and LAMBPLAN. supply chains. “The accurate prediction of horn/poll breeding values has “The breadth of traits that can now be identified will enable already helped to explain a number of puzzling situations producers to balance improvement in their stock, while in which polled rams have produced a high proportion of also targeting specific factors important to their individual horned progeny,” Professor Rowe said. business such as carcase yield or worm resistance,” Professor Rowe said. “Use of the new genomic information should make it a lot easier to breed for polled animals in the future. “DNA test results improve the accuracy of estimated breeding values and breeders using these tools to select “New DNA tests are also set to provide accurate breeding stock will be able to make faster progress and determination of parentage and this test will be very simultaneously improve a range of traits such as wool, valuable for a wide range of breeders. Genomic pedigree meat quality and resistance to parasites. testing will be particularly beneficial for breeders using syndicate mating or unable to mother up ewes and lambs “Traits such as worm egg count (WEC) and meat at birth. tenderness can’t be visually assessed by sheep breeders and are difficult to measure, but now DNA testing can Trait Accuracy deliver an early and accurate indication of an animal’s breeding potential in these areas.” Greasy fleece weight (Yearling) 70% The genotyping of young rams can also be used to produce predictive research breeding values (RBVs) of Mean fibre diameter 77% sufficient accuracy to help breeders identify rams that Staple strength 35% will produce progeny with superior genetics for hard to measure traits such as dressing percentage, higher lean Birth weight 37% meat yields and improved eating quality. The RBVs are based on a blend of new DNA technology Yearling weight 64% and the conventional measurement techniques which support Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs). Post weaning eye muscle 44% “In addition, many high-value traits – such as adult Post weaning fat 45% fleece weight and adult fibre diameter that can only be measured late in life – can now be accurately predicted Post weaning worm egg count 27% in young rams based on DNA analysis. This will provide Merino stud breeders with greater confidence in making Horn/Poll PP, PH, HH earlier selection of their breeding stock,” Professor Rowe said. Parentage >99% For more information on how to apply genomic research Summary� of some of the Merino traits that can be predicted from DNA breeding values to Merino production, visit www.sheepcrc. analysis from samples taken any time after birth. org.au or www.sheepgenetics.org.au Cap – note – have used this pic before, so please just do a head and shoulders – not large – unless can come up with a new one in meantime 100 101

Professor James Rowe purchased in 2009/10, this was largely due to the return of European buyers into the same market in this period,” Ms Hoskins says. “Chinese processors are not buying as aggressively in 2011/2012, wary of building inventories in the current macroeconomic environment – yet orders are still relatively strong as their domestic markets gather Wool – back in momentum. “The burgeoning Chinese market in particular is expected to provide long-term impetus to global wool demand, provided the requisite investment is made in product fashion? innovation marketing,” Ms Hoskins says. The great promise of emerging markets is beginning Outlook to crystallise for Australian wool, leading to renewed Globally, Ms Hoskins says, historically low wool supplies optimism among growers that finally wool may be back in are expected to continue to support the Australian wool fashion, according to a new industry report. market above long-term average levels in the foreseeable future, although the high level of the Australian dollar is The report by agribusiness banking specialist, Rabobank, expected to take some of “the shine” off the market. says that while a number of challenges remain, the past year has seen global wool markets perform strongly Despite generally favourable seasonal conditions, any as the supply-demand balance has tipped in favour of supply response to more buoyant market prices is demand after many years of a supply overhang. forecast to be limited in Australia due to the depleted state of the national sheep flock, she says. Report author and Rabobank analyst, Airlie Hoskins, says the structurally low level of global wool supply has created “Low stock levels should continue to offer near-term conditions for a tighter market; however new demand support to wool markets, while any longer term recovery drivers also appear to be playing a more prominent role in production will likely be challenged by competing in global markets, adding to competition for available demand from other farming enterprises.” supplies. Ms Hoskins says the demand outlook for wool has “Changing dynamics in global wool consumption, softened in the 2011/12 season in line with the fragile historically low wool supplies and wool’s improved price economic environment in many of the main wool- competitiveness relative to cotton and man-made fibres consuming countries. have resulted in above-average levels for wool prices of Overall, she says, “A sustained period of elevated the past year,” she says. profitability will be required to sway Australian farmers to Australian market dynamics return to the fold; however the great potential of emerging markets is likely to deliver promising opportunities, Over the past decade, Ms Hoskins says, declining global provided the necessary investment in innovation and wool demand, severe drought conditions and more marketing is made to secure them.” attractive returns in alternative agricultural enterprises have taken their toll on the Australian sheep flock and the Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is a part of incentive to maintain wool production. the international Rabobank Group, the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. She said that beyond the 2011/12 season the supply Rabobank has more than 110 years’ experience response is expected to gather momentum at a providing customised banking and finance solutions measured pace with elevated prices and more favourable to businesses involved in all aspects of food and seasonal conditions allowing producers to renew flock agribusiness. Rabobank is structured as a cooperative rebuilding efforts. “In 2011, record wool prices have and operates in 48 countries, servicing the needs of seen many farmers look to rebuild their sheep flocks to approximately 10 million clients worldwide through capitalise on the improved market returns.” a network of more than 1600 offices and branches. Australian exports – riding the dragon’s back Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is one of China remains the key destination for Australian wool Australasia’s leading rural lenders and a significant exports, having substantially increased its purchases over provider of business and corporate banking and the past two decades, and taking around 73 per cent of financial services to the region’s food and agribusiness Australia’s exportable raw wool in 2010/11. “Although this sector. The bank has 93 branches throughout Australia was a slight decline year-on-year on the amount China and New Zealand.

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Stud Merino breeders in NSW are working with the Sheep CRC, NSW DPI and other service providers to conduct end there. At auction you still need to take home value hands-on ram selection workshops for commercial for money. “All these facets of flock ram selection will be Merino breeders over the coming months. covered by the Ram-Select workshop,” Mr Casey said. The aim of the Ram-Select workshop is to provide flock The workshop will not direct people to select a particular ram buyers with more confidence when they make their type of Merino. “To the contrary, an important part of the annual selections. workshop will be to use a process to define your individual Rams are purchased on one day of the year, but their flock’s objective and select to meet that objective.” effect on flock performance lasts for many years – buyers All Merino ram breeders, by themselves or in collaboration must get it right and be confident in their purchases. with others, have the opportunity to host a workshop and “Merino ram buyers have a very challenging job when invite their clients and prospective clients. they face up to the important ram selection decision. Their New formats for performance information, such as decision stamps the genetic gain and profitability of their Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs) and updated flock,” said Allan Casey, DPI’s sheep breeding specialist. indexes, are being made available by ram breeders for “The aim of the one-day Ram-Select workshop is to their clients. The Ram-Select workshop is one perfect reduce the difficulty of this important task. Ram buyers opportunity for clients to understand a process to build and their advisors will build their confidence to select the these into selection without forgetting the importance of best rams for their flock’s breeding objective.” hands-on selection. Mr Casey said the workshop will very much be a hands- ASBVs capture the best estimate (given data provided) on day. “We want to ensure that whether you buy privately of how a ram’s progeny will perform for a particular trait. or at auction, you leave with the best value for money “When you are selecting rams, no matter what your rams for your situation and have confidence in the breeding objective is, that’s what it’s all about – how their outcome.” progeny will perform,” Mr Casey said. The challenge is to effectively utilise the measured The Sheep CRC has coordinated the development of performance information and combine that with your the Ram-Select workshop and NSW DPI, other service assessment for visually assessed traits. But it does not providers and breeders have been instrumental in the development. If you would like to host or attend a Ram-Select workshop please contact Jac Staines at Advanced Breeding Service, ph (02) 6391 3901, email [email protected]. gov.au

102 103 Roseville Park supreme interbreed

The Roseville Park Merino stud of Matthew and Cherie Coddington was awarded the title of supreme sheep exhibit at the 2012 NSW Landmark State Sheep Show in mid-May – the first time a Merino has won this title. RP 10-0038, supreme sheep exhibit at this year’s NSW State Sheep Show. Initially, as the supreme Merino exhibit, Roseville Park 10-0038, went on to contest the interbreed championship The feature breed at the 2013 NSW State Sheep show against the SAMM, Border Leicester and Corriedale will be the Merino, presenting an ideal opportunity for the champion rams. It then stood against the supreme short best Merino sheep in the State to vie once again for the wool ram, a South Suffolk, to win the supreme interbreed supreme interbreed exhibit title. ram overall. The 2013 show will be held from May 3 to 5 at Dubbo In the final challenge, RP 10-0038 took on the supreme Showground with entries closing on 12 April. ewe, a Poll Dorset, and in a vote of 11 to 1, took out the Further information: Entry forms, Dubbo Show Office or, supreme exhibit title of the 2012 NSW State Sheep Show. Sue Hood, show secretary, ph (02) 6882 4364 or Matthew RP 10-0038 was reserve champion fine/medium August- Coddington, chief steward, ph (02) 6887 7286. shorn ram at this year’s Sydney Sheep Show at the Sydney Royal. Last year he was also runner-up in the Elders Midstate Hogget Ram of the Year when, as a one-year-old, he weighed 88kg with eye muscle depth of 43mm and Something to tested 17.3-micron. Current micron test is 16.7, and at 24 months, he weighs in at 120kg. RP10-0038 is an embryo transfer bred ram by RP08-1017 think about and is out of RP07-800, the grand champion ewe at the 2009 Dubbo Show. Feedback from a recent survey of woolclassers, Having been artificially inseminated to over 300 ewes conducted by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX), and used in two embryo transfer programs at Roseville found that the working environment remains a matter of Park, RP 10-0038 will be retained by the stud for semen priority when it comes to issues that they feel need to be collection for the domestic and export markets. addressed over the short to medium term. Other Merino exhibitors with good results at this year’s The survey is conducted in the lead-up to the review of State Sheep Show included the Cox family of Langdene, the Code of Practice ahead of the woolclasser registration Dunedoo, who were most successful exhibitors and commencing in October 2012. exhibited the grand champion ewe and reserve grand champion ram. “AWEX receives many comments from woolclassers annually about the issues that can affect their The 16-micron ram, winner of the four-tooth medium performance in the shed. Issues such as low shed staff wool class, was by Langdene 4073, the 2009 Rabobank numbers and the quality of those shed staff have become Australian Supreme Ram. Langdene’s grand champion an all too familiar story,” said AWEX CEO, Mark Grave. ewe was champion fine wool August-shorn and reserve champion fine wool ewe at this year’s Sydney Sheep “The recent survey only confirmed these issues but also Show at the Sydney Royal. raised concerns about the influence of drugs and alcohol in the social fabric of rural Australia.” Winston and Sue McDonald, Royalla, Wallendbeen, also enjoyed success with titles of reserve grand champion Another issue which is increasingly raising its head is the ewe, champion superfine ewe and reserve champion age and lack of investment in wool infrastructure on-farm superfine ram. around the country. The wool industry has been a difficult one over the past decade and this is reflected in the level Held over three days in conjunction with the Dubbo Show, of investment made in the wool shed and associated the sheep show attracted close to 100 sheep exhibits facilities during this period. from NSW, Queensland and Victoria, representing thirteen sheep breeds. With close to 20,000 visitors, the sheep Continued page 105 show has a total prize pool of $16,500.

102 103 Balanced breeding at Woodpark Ian Menzies, “Moonbah”, Condobolin, third-placed in this year’s Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition with his Woodpark blood A slew of ewe competition awards for client flocks from flock, and his classer, Michael Elmes, Narrandera Booroorban to Condobolin are the commercial face of a breeding strategy implemented 20 years ago by the the market is looking for. “They and their classers have Woodpark Merino and Poll Merino studs. been seeking that productive, easy care sheep type for years and now as it becomes more defined as that When Woodpark clients placed first and third in the well- modern Merino type, they already have it in their flocks. regarded Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition just days after others took home runner-up, best new “They have had the benefit of longevity. Their flocks entry and fourth place at Hay’s Peppin-Shaw Riverina replicate what we have been doing and they have now Merino Ewe Flock Competition, it prompted one pundit been seeing it for the past four to five years,” he said. to liken the Woodpark line to one of the great studs of the “These flocks are demonstrating those attributes that past, saying, “This hasn’t been seen since the days of promote the Merino breed as the profitable dual purpose Mungadal”. animal that it has all the capabilities of being. The Don Brown award was captured by David and “Those sheep have performed across a spread of Graham McDonald and their family’s “North Condobolin” environments, management regimes and classing flock, Condobolin, in February, when Ian and Jane imperatives.” Menzies, “Moonbah”, Condobolin, and their Woodpark blood flock came third. The results came the week after Hay’s Peppin-Shaw competition when Joel and Fiona Porter’s longstanding 2012 Merino Calendar Woodpark blood flock at “Ramsay”, Booroorban, was Amendments awarded runner-up in the competition, pipped by just half a point. Friday 17 August Meanwhile, the Houston family’s “Budgewah”, Hay, Elders Landmark 4th annual Riverina Sheep Expo Woodpark Poll blood flock was awarded fourth place and Deniliquin Showground best new entry in the Peppin-Shaw. Enq: Clyde McKenzie, ph 0427 842 342 The flocks stretch from large scale grazing on the Hay plains to mixed farming regimes in the heart of NSW. Sunday 19 August (previously listed as 7 September) The flocks were classed by Stuart Hodgson (the “North Midstate Merino Field Days Condobolin” and “Ramsay” flocks), Michael Elmes Narromine Turf Club (in conjunction with Narromine (“Moonbah” flock) and Craig Wilson (“Budgewah”). Gold Cup race meeting) They reflect Woodpark’s long term drive to produce a Enq: Matthew Coddington, ph (02) 6887 7286 Merino with a balance of frame and wool qualities. or Sue Hood ph (02) 6882 4364 “The Huggins family has been breeding toward this www.midstatemerinos.com.au balanced animal, the modern type of Merino we see Thursday 18 October (previously listed as 5 November) today, for two decades,” Woodpark representative, Stephen Huggins, said. Hillcreston Park, Bigga, on-property sale Enq: Danny Picker ph (02) 4835 2220 “They set this breeding direction in the early 1990s and they have not wavered. We have always been driven by commercial reality. 2013 Elders Merino Calendar “We have gradually developed our sheep of today, Entries close 14 September 2012 building a deeper, longer frame and then increasing fibre Contact Carol-Ann Malouf ph (02) 6895 2274 density off the frame and lifting wool weight. Email [email protected] “Because it has been such a gradual process it is sustainable and repeatable,” Mr Huggins said. The 2013 Elders Merino Calendar “It has been long enough that that type has made its way will be available in mid-December into our client flocks.” For copies contact Mr Huggins said that the results these sheep managers The Australian Merino Centre, ph (02) 9763 2744 are getting with their flocks indicate their sheep are what

104 105 AASMB honours Wal Merriman

For a couple of hours on the first morning of this year’s Sydney Sheep Show, commentator Rick Power, created great speculation and a building crowd with news that the Governor General and model Megan Gale, were to put in an appearance. Tom Ashby (right), congratulates Wal Merriman after presenting him with When president of the Australian Association of Stud life membership of the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders. Merino Breeders (AASMB), Tom Ashby, took the floor and announced that he had a presentation to make to Since 1930, Sydney Sheep Show has been the scene of the person who has done more for the Australian Merino so many triumphs for Merryville stud; for his grandfather industry than any other in recent years, the intended Sir Walter Merriman and late father, Bruce, and in recent recipient was perhaps the only person unaware that years for Wal and his brother, George. something was afoot. From the large crowd that had gathered and their With his back to the microphone, holding a sheep in a applause, the principal of the stud with the most runs on Poll class, it was only when his old friend, John Bensley, the board at Sydney Sheep Show and chairman of the stepped across and took hold of his sheep that Wal organisation that represents all woolgrowers, should have Merriman seemed to realise he was the subject of the been left in no doubt of the respect in which he is held. proceedings. Two days later, at the RAS president’s luncheon for the Mr Ashby then presented Mr Merriman with life sheep and wool industry Mr Merriman was also presented membership of the AASMB, adding that he felt the with a certificate in recognition of his 25th year as an venue and time were the most appropriate for such a exhibitor. While this year’s show was Wal’s forty-sixth, it presentation. “Wal has been a great advocate for stud was in 1988 that he first exhibited as principal of Merryville Merino breeders and I feel very proud to bestow him with following the death of his father. a life membership,” Mr Ashby said. Wal Merriman became a councillor of the NSW Stud Merino Breeders Association (NSW SMBA) in 1976, Something to think serving on a number of committees before being elected vice president, and in 1995 was elected president of the association for a three-year term. about In 2000 he was elected president of the AASMB, the From page 103 federal association which represents the six State stud “Woolclassers understand that generally wool sheds Merino associations and through them all registered are only used once or twice a year, but a clean and well Merino studs in Australia. Again he served a three-year maintained wool shed improves the productivity and term and in all was a NSW delegate to the AASMB for 11 effectiveness of any shearing team,” Mr Grave said. years. “Facilities such as a washroom, toilets and somewhere to Over the last 15 years he has represented woolgrowers have smoko are basics when it comes to work conditions. while serving on a number of industry boards and advisory “In today’s industry we need to improve our productivity groups, including Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) Wool along every step in the supply chain and improved Advisory Group, the National Woolgrower Forum and the shearing shed facilities are a part of that equation. We Major Woolgrowers Group. also need to be able to attract people to the industry and In 2004, after three frustrating years of falling wool prices, once they are in, we then need to keep them.” Mr Merriman agreed to nominate for the board of AWI and was elected at that year’s AGM. Since November AWEX has been undertaking research with TAFEs around 2008 he has been AWI chairman. the country to see how they might attract new people to the industry. “AWEX is concerned that if you combine Wal Merriman is known for bringing fearless advocacy our aging rural population with the decline in new people to addressing inefficiencies while applying a grassroots, coming into the industry (should it continue), that one-day industry-savvy perspective to his role. the industry will stop and wonder where all the workers “I am a bit overwhelmed but it was a pleasure to be have gone,” Mr Grave said. involved with the AASMB, and it was during my time with “The decline in long-term, competent staff in rural them I got an insight into wool politics,” Mr Merriman said. Australia has been happening over a long period. We In a rare show of emotion the laconic studmaster said need to address the issues which are being raised “Tom is right about one thing. I could think of no better by those in the industry today if we want to arrest the venue than here at Sydney to receive such an honour.” situation.”

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106 107 And at the 2012 GSSM

1. Angus, Alec, Jock and Binnie Merriman, children of George and Nikki Merriman, Merryville, Boorowa. 2. Tina Watson, Maister’s Swamp, Kentucky; Cindy Clonan, Alfoxton, Armidale; and Gai Rayner, Grathlyn and Lynford studs, Hargraves. 2 3. Judges of the 2012 GSSM, Harley Hedger, Snowy Plain stud, Berridale (superfine), 1 George McKenzie, Montrose Hill stud, Illabarook, Victoria (fine wool), and Mark Pendergast, Cottage Park stud, Cooma (medium/strong). 4. Penny and Prue Merriman, Merryville stud, Boorowa, with 3 the stud’s former secretary, Maurice Bobbin, Canberra, who is also a former secretary of the Great Southern Supreme Merinos committee. 5. John Williams, Thalabah stud, Crookwell, is pictured with his daughter, Krissi Frost, and her 5-month-old son, Sam.

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1. Barcaldine Downs classer, Ian Marwedel, Dubbo, joins the stud’s overseer, Mick Campbell, along with Andy Maclean, Haddon Rig stud manager and John Newsome, Elders, Glen Innes, watching the judging. Photo courtesy Steve O’Connor 2. From NSW, Dubbo-based sheep classer, Allan Clarke, caught up with Peter Clark, “Leander”, Longreach and Bill Wehl, formerly of Blackall. 3. Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders Association president, Duncan Ferguson with his wife Liz, Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, catching up with Phil Picone, Egelabra, Warren. 4. Anna Smith, Eudora Poll stud, Nyngan, NSW, with Narda Roberts, Victoria Downs, Morven. 5. Craig Turner, Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority, Brisbane, with Andy Maclean, stud manager, Haddon Rig, Warren, NSW. 6. Jenny Keogh, Terrick Merinos, Blackall, with Wendy Picone, “Listowel Downs”, Blackall and her granddaughter, Molly Green. 7. Barney Kent, Longreach with Peter Evans, Woodbine, Blackall. Photos courtesy Queensland Country Life 8. Michelle Lonergon, Brisbane. Photo courtesy Steve O’Connor 8

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1. Almost everyone is having fun. 2. Jock McLaren, Nerstane stud, Walcha, talks Merinos with Ian Cooper, Rabobank NSW State manager, Sydney, Paul Morrison, Orange branch manager, and brother, Hamish McLaren. 3. Rob Lindsay, Cora Lynn stud, Peak Hill, watches judging with John Bensley, Stillbrook Poll stud, Crookwell, and Bob Rollinson, Concordia stud, Mysia, Victoria.

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1. Sydney Sheep Show’s PA commentator, Rick Power, Landmark, 5. RAS councillors and members of the sheep and wool committee, Tim Boorowa, and assistant, Alan Ticehurst, Stoney View stud, Bookham. Slack-Smith, committee chairman, Robyn Clubb, RAS treasurer, and 2. Merino sheep ring stewards, third year Sydney University Veterinary Claudia Wythes. Bio-Science students, Emma Peel, Empire Bay, and Jaime Manning, 6. Ring stewards in Poll Merino classes, Leah Privett, Glenleigh stud, Wyee Point. Yass, and Samantha Wan, a Sydney University Honours student in Ag- 3. Sydney Sheep Show stewards, Andrew Horne, Berrigan and Dan Science. Korff, Avington stud, Sidonia, Victoria, also assisted with the objective 7. David Cross, Schute Bell Badgery Lumby’s (SBBL) Newcastle manager, measurement classes. and Tony Evans, SBBL’s NSW manager, Newcastle, assess objective 4. This year’s Sydney Sheep Show judges, Clive Pearson, Glenbrook, measurement class results. Armidale (ultrafine); Peter Hughes, Gullendah, Baldry (fine/medium); 8. Fleece steward, Scott Wrigley, “Coombing Vale”, Neville, with judges, Ross McGauchie, Terrick West, Prairie, Victoria (Polls); Warren McRae, Brett Cooper, Australian Wool Network (AWN), Mudgee, and Ray Oakbank, St Arnaud, Vic (medium/strong); Jock MacRae, Eilan Donan, Moroney, AWN, Goulburn. Elphinstone, Vic (fine wool); and Danny Picker, Hillcreston Park, Bigga 9. Claudia Wythes with new RAS sheep coordinator, Megan Giannini, and (superfine). RAS special projects and office manager, Katie Saba.

110 111 110 111 On the Fall of the Hammer ON-PROPERTY SALE RESULTS 2011 – 2012 Ram Selling Season

Stud Sold Top Average Stud Sold Top Average $ $ $ $ ADINA, Cooma 39 3400 1257 LACHLAN MERINOS, Forbes 83 9000 3123 AIRLIE, Walcha 42 3500 1810 LAUREL PARK, West Wyalong 58 2400 920 ALFOXTON, Armidale 62 5000 1760 LANGDENE, Dunedoo 108 9000 2719 ALLENDALE, Wellington 47 3200 1108 LOCHNESS, Crookwell 28 2400 793 AVENEL, Wanganella 88 3000 1411 LORELMO POLL, Walcha 58 4200 (3) 1608 AVONSIDE, Cooma 18 2800 981 LYNFORD POLL, Hargraves 17 5200 1986 BALLATHERIE POLL, Hillston 83 2200 825 MAIN RANGE, Berridale 8 4400 1575 BELLA LANA, Wellington 60 4880 950 MAISTER’S SWAMP, Kentucky 54 2100 925 BILLA BURRA BURRA, Yass 54 2700 946 MERRIGNEE, Boorowa 84 3300 1324 BLAXLAND POLL, Tamworth 47 2500 810 MERRYVILLE, Boorowa 157 6000 1846 BLYTH MERINOS, Adelong 61 3500 1449 MIDDLE VIEW, Dalgety 95 3400 (2) 1756 BOCOBLE, Mudgee 52 3500 1315 MUMBLEBONE, Wellington 90 7500 1425 BOGO, Bookham 216 5500 1609 NERSTANE, Woolbrook 221 10,000 1991 BORAMBIL, Balldale 102 4400 2010 ONE OAK studs, Jerilderie 147 6000 1561 BOUDJAH, Cooma 65 3000 (3) 1560 ONE OAK POLL, Jerilderie 70 3600 1670 BUNDALEER, Walla Walla 86 2400 919 PARKDALE, Dubbo 83 4600 1536 BUNDILLA, Young 140 6000 2371 PEMCAW, Dunedoo 75 3000 1442 BUNGULLA, Manilla 107 5800 1609 PETALI, Walcha 57 4600 2102 CASSILIS PARK, Cassilis 31 1900 (3) 1093 POOGINOOK, Jerilderie 236 9500 1813 CARRABUNGLA, Laggan 80 2500 (2) 1484 QUEENLEE, Uralla 65 3600 1314 CODDINGTON POLL, Dubbo 48 6500 2007 RICHMOND, Quandialla 80 4000 1711 CONRAYN, Berridale 42 2500 (2) 980 ROSEVILLE PARK, Dubbo 150 16,000 2766 CORA LYNN, Peak Hill 54 5000 1462 ROUND PLAIN, Berridale 16 2000 950 COTTAGE PARK, Cooma 70 7000 (2) 1877 SHALIMAR PARK, Walcha 50 3400 1214 CRESSBROOK, Armidale 93 5200 2716 SNOWY PLAIN, Berridale 28 4200 2026 DARRIWELL, Trundle 100 4100 1563 STANLEY VALE, Uralla 21 1300 676 DEMONDRILLE, Harden 84 4500 2110 TALLAWONG, Yass 108 4200 1418 DUNBOGAN, Elong Elong 44 1950 1159 TARA PARK, Boorowa 88 4000 1740 EGELABRA, Warren 162 4800 2044 THALABAH, Crookwell 71 5400 1363 F S FALKINER studs, Deniliquin 115 50,000 2912 TOWALBA, Peak Hill 120 9200 1625 GENANEGIE, Peak Hill 90 3100 1533 UARDRY studs, Hay 132 16,000 1838 GLANNA, Gulgong 95 5000 1313 WAVERLEY DOWNS, Delungra 53 2000 957 GLENOAK, Nundle 24 1400 729 WEEALLA, Balladoran 112 4000 1595 GLENWOOD, Wellington 58 4100 1210 WENDOUREE, Grenfell 63 1500 670 GRASS Merinos, Armatree 27 1500 1150 WESTRAY, Peak Hill 60 5000 1670 GRATHLYN, Hargraves 35 2400 1030 WESTVALE, Wollun 40 4100 1115 GREENDALE, Cooma 90 2600 (2) 1411 WILLANDRA, Jerilderie 100 22,000 1860 GREENLAND, Bungarby 68 3000 1452 WINYAR, Canowindra 90 9000 2196 GROGANSWORTH, Bowning 44 3600 2223 WOODPARK POLL, Hay 108 4200 1931 GULLENDAH, Baldry 54 2400 1154 WOOLAROO, Yass 50 3600 1451 GULLEN GAMBLE, Yeoval 135 4800 (3) 1870 WYUNA, Armatree 53 4000 1138 HADDON RIG, Warren 109 4000 1856 YALGOO, Walcha 93 14,000 2668 HAZELDEAN, Cooma 155 7500 1716 YARONG, Forbes 70 1850 1330 HAZELDEAN, Hay 94 4200 1597 YARRAWONGA, Harden 122 7200 2750 HILLCRESTON / HEIGHTS, Bigga 54 5000 1718 HILLCRESTON PARK, Bigga 43 5500 1988 MULTI-VENDOR SALES Sold Top Average JOHNSON PARK, Yass 28 1700 850 ARMIDALE RAM SALE 81 22,000 3416 KAROOLA DOWNS POLL, Adelong 22 3000 1205 ARMIDALE UNHOUSED 70 5000 1680 KARORI, Walcha 68 3400 1320 GT SOUTHERN SUPREME, 63 10,000 (2) 3306 KELVIN VALE, Uralla 28 2900 1000 Canberra KERIN POLL, Yeoval 132 9000 1935 MUDGEE RAM SALE 41 5500 (3) 1495 KERI KERI, Moulamein 54 4100 1400 NEW ENGLAND 55 1700 896 KIROB, Laggan 31 2000 950 SUPERFINE BREEDERS KIRKTON, Burraga 35 2400 867 RABOBANK NATIONAL, 51 22,000 5351 KOONWARRA, Boorowa 53 3600 1340 Dubbo (2011) KURRAJONG PARK, Delungra 37 3000 1330 E & OE

112 113 Tops of the season 2011-12 Geoff Davidson, Moorundie Park, Keith, South Australia, holds the Celebration of the 150th anniversary of Wanganella stud $50,000 record priced Poll Boonoke ram with FS Falkiner general manager, Bill Newton, Deniliquin; Justin Boughen, Kamora and Netley at Deniliquin was already in full swing when FS Falkiner Park studs, Karoonda, SA; Barrie Michael, Nyowee stud, Balaklava, SA; & Sons’ annual on-property sale got under way last FSF studmaster, Forbes Murdoch, Evans Head; and FSF flock classer, September. As if the festive mood needed any further Chris Bowman, Hay. encouragement, at sale end an Australian record on-farm price for a Poll Merino ram had been set, along with the Poll Boonoke’s sale average was the highest in Australia top two prices for horned and polled rams in NSW in the last year with 45 rams clearing to average $3288. The 2011-12 Spring/Summer selling season. FSF combined average - Wanganella and Poll Boonoke rams - was $2912 for a total clearance of 115 rams. The first ram on offer, the lead ram in the Wanganella penning, was given the final nod on $26,000 by Rob In the order of top prices for the 2011-12 season, FSF’s and Kay Lindsay and son, Steve, Cora Lynn stud, Peak studs took out the top two spots, with Willandra, the Hill. The ram measured 20-micron with a 3.1 standard Jerilderie-based stud of Ross and Irene Wells and Craig deviation (SD), 15.5 per cent coefficient of variation (CV) and Caroline Heath, registering third top price. and a 99.7pc comfort factor (CF). The sale scene was also set amid celebrations, this time By the time the Poll Boonoke draft was offered, the for the 125th year of Willandra stud; and again it was a sale had already recorded a 100pc clearance of 70 Poll Merino that enjoyed the keen interest that resulted in Wanganella rams, topping at $26,000, ultimately the the $22,000 price (see photo page 13). season’s second top price, and averaging $2670. Buyers of the top-priced ram at the stud’s 33rd annual on- When it came to Poll Boonoke’s first lot, a 17.4-micron property sale were Dianne and Geoff Peters, Ballatherie ram, bidding took off at $20,000, rising rapidly to the stud, Hillston. The 19-micron ram weighed in at 109kg knock at $50,000. A syndicate of South Australian studs and had measurements of 2.8 SD, 14.7 CV and 99.6 CF. - Moorundie Park, Kamora and Netley Park studs, and Roseville Park and Uardry studs filled fourth highest selling Nyowee, fought off NSW studs, Lachlan Merinos and position with rams sold for $16,000. A ram from Yalgoo Towalba, to take home the record-priced ram. Other sold for $14,000 and next was another Wanganella ram at measurements were 3.1 SD, 17.8 CV and 99.8pc CF. $12,000. Nerstane, Poll Boonoke and Wanganella studs all sold rams for $10,000. The top four averages in the 2011-2012 selling season went to Lachlan Merinos, Forbes, with an average of $3123 (83 sold to $9000), followed by the combined FSF studs at $2912 (115 rams to a top of $50,000), and then Roseville Park, Dubbo, with an average of $2766 (150 sold to top of $16,000). Next was Yarrawonga, Harden, averaging $2750 for the sale of 122 rams to $7200.

Sheep classer, Allan Clarke, Dubbo, with buyers of the $26,000 top- The $14,000 ram from Yalgoo Poll stud, Walcha, which sold priced Wanganella ram, Steve, Kay and Rob Lindsay, Cora Lynn stud, to the Oppenheimer family’s Petali stud, Walcha, with Grant Peak Hill, and FSF operations manager, Justin Campbell, Deniliquin. Nivison, Yalgoo, Robbie and Martin Oppenheimer, Petali, Jock Photos courtesy The Land Nivison, Yalgoo, and Andy McGeoch, Elders, Orange.

112 113 NSW Merino Stud Directory 2012-2013 Welcome

In the past year, seven new studs have been registered with the NSW Stud Merino Breeders’ Association. Contact details for these studs are contained in the NSW Merino Stud Directory 2012-13 in the back pages of this journal. Uardry stud groom, James Wilson, Hay, holds the $16,000 Johnson Park, F. No. 5076 - Yass top-priced ram at the 2011 Uardry Foundation Sale, with Uardry principals, Graeme Black and Nerissa Guest, This stud was founded in December 2010 and registered Landmark sheep classer, Stuart Hodgson, Wagga Wagga, in September 2011, by Thomas Johnson, trading as buyer Paul Boughen, Kamora and Netley Park studs, Johnson Park Merino stud, by the purchase of 4 rams, 30 Karoonda, SA, and Uardry stud manager, Ben Lane. ram lambs, 81 ewes & 26 ewe lambs from Avonsworth, F. No. 4714. Bundaleer, Poll F. No. 1449 – Walla Walla Peter and Gavin Lieschke of Bundaleer Merino stud founded their Poll stud in September and registered in October 2011, by the purchase of 60 semen doses from Lachlan, Poll F. No. 1415 and the transfer of 50 ewes from Bundaleer, F. No. 4403. Woollahra, F. No. 5077 - Yass Woollahra was founded in December 2010 and registered in January 2012, by Benjamin Patrick, trading as Woollahra Merino Stud, by the purchase of 30 ram lambs, 87 ewes & 25 ewe lambs from Avonsworth, F. No. 4714. Carleon Park, F. No. 5078 - Bredbo Don and Lyn Southwell founded Carleon Park in January 2011 and registered in January 2012, trading as D.V. & L.M. Southwell, by the purchase of 80 ewes from Nerstane, F. No. 3298. Pegela, F. No. 5080 - Oberon Coming in at sixth position for the season was this ram from the McLaren family’s Nerstane, Woolbrook, purchased for This stud was founded in January 2010 and registered in $10,000 by Rowly, Judy and Nick Paterson, Wirrinourt stud, March 2012 by the Pegela Pastoral Company of Daniel Willaura, Victoria. Rayner, by the purchase of 1 ram and 50 ewes from Nerstane, F. No. 3298 and 1 ram and 2000 semen doses from Grangeburn, F. No. 4321. Appledore, F. No. 5081 - Barraba Appledore was founded in January 2009 and registered in March 2012 by Rohan and Geraldine Clark, trading as Appledore Pastoral Company, by the purchase of 50 ewes from Bungulla, F. No. 3485. Danesfort, F. No. 5082 – Pejar via Crookwell This stud was founded in March 2011 and registered in April 2012, by Lola and Peter Keary, trading as Keary & Co Pty Ltd, by the purchase of 2 rams and 53 ewes from Snowy Plain, F. No. 3829.

Welcome also to a stud newly registered with the Queensland Merino Stud Sheepbreeders’ Association: Colanya, Poll F. No. 1454 – Longreach This stud was founded in December 2011 and registered in January 2012, by Pat & Sue Hegarty, trading as Colanya Roseville Park, Dubbo, had the equal fourth top-priced ram Grazing Co, by the purchase of 1 ram from Karbullah, Poll of the last selling season when a 19-micron son of RP05- 1864 sold for $16,000 to the Grant family, “Dundabarina”, F. No. 1365 & 1 ram from Boyanga, F. No. 4800 and the Collarenabri. Holding the ram is Matthew Coddington, selection of 240 ewes from the flock which were passed Roseville Park, with Richard Wuth, Toowoomba, Queensland, for registration. classer for the purchasers, and David Hart, Landmark wool manager, Dubbo. Photos courtesy The Land

114 115 NSW Merino Stud Directory 2012-2013 To update details on the database, contact Mae Edenborough Flock Registrar Phone: 02 9763 2744 Locked Bag 4317 Email: [email protected] Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Fax: 02 9763 1878

Allendale Austral-Eden Ballyhooley F. No. 4399 F. No. 3389 F. No. 4557 A A.E. & P.J. Inder J.A. & B.G. Johnston Murrumdon Pty Ltd Acacia-Canary “Nyrang” Wyalong No 1 “Ballyhooley” Island Wellington 2820 1821 Mid Western H’way Boorowa 2586 F. No. 2770 P: 02 6845 3402 West Wyalong 2671 P: 02 6385 6238 Chalmers Acacia P’ship [email protected] P: 02 6972 0299 ballyhooleyrd@ PO Box 47 skymesh.com.au Deniliquin 2710 Aloeburn Poll Avenel P: 03 5882 5932 Poll F. No. 1101 F. No. 3417 Banksia Downs Poll [email protected] Aloeburn Pty Ltd Avenel Partnership Poll F. No. 1388 “Aloeburn” “Avenel” C.H. & L.M. Banks Adina Boree Creek 2652 Wanganella 2710 “Mt Elliot” F. No. 4156 P: 02 6927 1435 P: 03 5884 7548 2609 Wargeila Road R.J., M.J. & J.R. Barron [email protected] [email protected] via Yass 2582 “Adina”, Peak View Rd www.avenpart-avenel.com P: 02 6227 2266 via Cooma 2630 Anglewood [email protected] P: 02 6454 3149 F. No. 3628 Avonside [email protected] Anglewood Merino Stud F. No. 4624 Bella Lana “Anglewood” King Family Partnership F. No. 5050 Adina Poll Dunedoo 2844 “Muniong” S.I. & A.I. Brien Poll F. No. 1437 P: 02 6375 1245 2778 Snowy Mountains “Birrell Vale” R.J., M.J. & J.R. Barron H’way Dripstone 2820 “Overdale” Appledore Cooma 2630 P: 02 6846 7477 2120 Peak View Rd F. No. 5081 P: 02 6453 7199 [email protected] via Cooma 2630 Appledore Pastoral Company [email protected] www.bellalanamerinos.com.au P: 02 6454 3015 “Appledore” www.monaromerinos.com.au [email protected] Barraba 2347 /avonside.html Bellaine P: 0429 821 250 F. No. 5045 Airlie appledorepastco@ D.K. Maxwell & C.J. Peardon F. No. 2225 – Poll F. No. 1283 bigpond.com B “Mannum Park” Iona Partnership Ba Mack Guyra 2365 “Iona” Arable F. No. 5071 P: 02 6779 4262 Walcha 2354 F. No. 2140 J.T.F. & D.J. Gardiner [email protected] P: 02 6777 3936 Arable Creek Pty Ltd 1367 Windeyer Road www.bellaine.com [email protected] “Arable Creek” Windeyer 2850 Berridale 2628 P: 02 6373 8312 Bellevue Park Alfoxton P: 02 6452 4166 P: 02 6372 1866 F. No. 4780 F. No. 4294 – Poll F. No. 1333 [email protected] F.W. & W.J. Fletcher C.W. & L.S. Clonan Auchen Dhu www.bamackhomestead.com “Bellevue” “Alfoxton”, Wattle Drive F. No. 1771 Berridale 2628 Armidale 2350 Auchen Dhu Pastoral Co Ballatherie Poll P: 02 6456 8892 P: 02 6775 3245 PO Box 42 Poll F. No. 1255 [email protected] [email protected] Walcha 2354 Ballatherie Pastoral Co P: 02 6777 2818/ 9106 “Ballatherie”, PO Box 57 Belswick [email protected] Hillston 2675 F. No. 998 P: 02 6967 2664 P.J. & T. L’Estrange [email protected] PO Box 226 Condobolin 2877 P: 02 6897 5201

114 115 NSW DIRECTORY Bendemeer Bogo Boreela Bulgandri Poll F. No. 4514 F. No. 4792 - Poll F. No. 1301 F. No. 2267 Poll F. No. 1374 A.J. & G.F. Dunn M.F.A. Elsegood F. Gaden L.K. Mathews & Sons “Foxley” 32 Burrawong Ave “Lockerbie” “Ronavis”, Triggs Road Bendemeer 2355 Clifton Gardens 2088 Dunedoo 2844 Rand 2642 P: 02 6769 6680 P: 02 6227 7152 (Mgr) P: 02 6375 1426 P: 02 6029 5282 [email protected] [email protected] Billa Burra Burra www.bogomerinos.com.au Bulla Gully F. No. 3749 – Poll F. No. 1092 Boudjah F. No. 4271 K.W. & L.M. McGrath Bonanza F. No. 5049 T.D. & W.T. Pike Black Range Road F. No. 2811 M.J. & M. Green “Sunny Hills” Kars Springs Yass 2582 S.J. Dugan & Co “Boudjah” via Scone 2337 P: 02 6227 6383 PO Box 342 Old Dangelong Road P: 02 6545 7253 [email protected] Lightning Ridge 2834 Cooma 2630 P: 02 6828 8452 P: 02 6452 6651 Bullamalita Blaxland Poll [email protected] [email protected] F. No. 2444 – Poll F. No. 224 Poll F. No. 1296 Bullamalita Pastoral Co P/L Whitmore Pastoral Co Bontara Bough Yard RMB 921 “Lyndhurst” F. No. 4629 F. No. 4505 Goulburn 2580 286 Bayliss Lane P.M. Luff P.J. Bush P: 02 4829 5118 Tamworth 2340 PO Box 147 25 Pettit Street P: 02 6760 4208/4228 Gundagai 2722 Yass 2582 Bundaleer markblaxland@ P: 02 6945 3143 (a.h.) P: 02 6226 1781 F. No. 4403 – Poll F. No. 1449 skymesh.com.au [email protected] P.J. & G.L. Lieschke Box Moor Pine Ridge, RMB 123 Blenmore Booabula F. No. 4329 Walla Walla 2659 F. No. 4311 F. No. 520 W.C. Doak P: 02 6029 0128 Blenmore Partnership J. Alston Wallace Pty Ltd “Box Moor” [email protected] “Blenmore” c/- “Ring-A-Rah” Bundarra 2359 679 Carlon-Menzies Road RMB 372 Howlong Road P: 02 6723 7330 Bundemar Uralla 2358 Albury 2640 F. No. 11 P: 02 6778 2130 P: 02 6021 3543 Bralca Bundemar F. No. 5048 “West Borambil” Bluebush Poll Boonoke B. & F. Watts Condobolin 2877 Poll F. No. 1402 F. No. 7 – Poll F. No. 1 “Waidup Homestead” P: 02 6895 2562 I.M. Lilburne Pty Ltd F.S. Falkiner & Sons Pty Ltd Mitchell H’way [email protected] Box 417 “Boonoke” Molong 2866 Hay 2711 Deniliquin 2710 P: 02 6366 8706 Bundilla P: 02 6993 4099 P: 03 5884 6604/6608 [email protected] F. No. 4081 – Poll F. No. 1435 [email protected] Baldwin Property Blyth www.fsfalkiner.com.au Briarlea “Bundilla”, Tubbul Road F. No. 4859 F. No. 3862 Young 2594 Belela Pty Ltd Boonongo A.W. Blewitt P: 02 6383 3802 “Bobacumbola”, RMB 530 F. No. 4786 “Briarlea” [email protected] Adelong 2729 Boonongo Pastoral Co 798 Williamsdale Road www.bundillamerinos.com.au P: 02 6944 7566 “Boonongo” Williamsdale 2620 [email protected] Morundah 2700 P: 02 6286 4944 Bungulla P: 02 6959 7405 arthur.blewitt@ F. No. 3485 – Poll F. No. 1401 Bocoble [email protected] agrifoodskills.net.au Bungulla Partnership F. No. 1336 – Poll F. No. 1064 “Calool” Cox Bros Borambil Brundanella Manilla 2346 “Moolarben” F. No. 4354 F. No. 4759 P: 02 6785 7345/7332 via Mudgee 2850 R.K. & K.L. Mathews Victoria Park Pastoral Co [email protected] P: 02 6373 4880 “Borambil” “Victoria Park” Balldale 2646 Grenfell 2810 Bunnerungie Poll P: 02 6035 1777 P: 02 6343 6362 Poll F. No. 714 borambil.merinos@ [email protected] P.A. & C.G. Larwood bigpond.com Bunnerungie Station Wentworth 2648 P: 03 5027 0220 [email protected]

116 117 Burragundy Carleon Park Coddington Poll Croidon F. No. 1922 F. No. 5078 Poll F. No. 1385 F. No. 257 W.M. Burgess D.V. & L.M. Southwell G.R. Coddington Croidon Pastoral Co Pty Ltd “Burragundy” “Carleon” “Eulandool” RMB 64 Coolah 2843 55 Jerangle Road Dubbo 2830 Hay 2711 P: 02 6377 4627 Bredbo 2626 P: 02 6887 7230 P: 02 6993 1121 P: 02 6454 4025 g.coddington@rosevillepark Burrenbah [email protected] dohne.com.au F. No. 3903 www.coddingtonpoll.com.au D W.G. Amos Caroonboon Danesfort Conrayn 1/41 Crown St F. No. 18 F. No. 5082 Tamworth 2340 Caroonboon Pty Ltd F. No. 4560 Keary & Co Pty Ltd P: 02 6769 7427 “Caroonboon” P.A. & J.H. Lette “Bendemeer” Wanganella 2710 “Foxglen” Pejar via Crookwell 2583 P: 03 5884 7509 650 Rockwell Road P: 02 4844 3125 C Berridale 2628 C Lake Poll Carrabungla P: 02 6456 3034 Darriwell [email protected] Poll F. No. 445 F. No. 4932 F. No. 3655 – Poll F. No. 1417 Carrabungla Pastoral Co J.E. Pippin Cora Lynn R. Jones & Sons “C Lake Station” “Carrabungla” “Darriwell” via Mildura 3500 Laggan 2583 F. No. 1289 – Poll F. No. 1420 Trundle 2875 P: 03 5029 6243 P: 02 4837 3228/3238 R.J. Lindsay & Co P: 02 6869 9242 [email protected] mussandkerry@ “Cora Lynn” [email protected] clearmail.com.au Peak Hill 2869 Cairnie P: 02 6869 9661/9653 Deeargee Poll Cassilis Park [email protected] F. No. 1810 Poll F. No. 1339 F. No. 4578 Cairnie Grazing Co Corella Deeargee Pastoral Co Pty Ltd “Cairnie” H.C. & E.C. Armstrong “Deeargee” Walcha 2354 “Wirroolga” F. No. 4891 1170 Gostwyck Road P: 02 6777 1335 Cassilis 2329 Corella Pastoral Company Uralla 2358 [email protected] P: 02 6376 1163 “Corella” P: 02 6778 4659 [email protected] Bombala 2632 [email protected] Caledonia www.cassilispark.com.au P: 02 6458 3085 [email protected] Delwick F. No. 4239 Centre Plus Poll P.A. & J.M. Eastburn Cottage Creek F. No. 2519 “Springvale” Poll F. No. 1250 G.A. & J.A. Cox Baradine 2396 Robert Mortimer F. No. 2949 “Munbulla” P: 02 6823 5169 “Devondale” Cottage Creek Pastoral Co 891 Junction Road [email protected] Tullamore 2874 “Cottage Creek” Guyra 2365 P: 02 6892 8259 Cooma 2630 P: 02 6779 4506 Cara [email protected] P: 02 6453 5554 [email protected] F. No. 1236 www.centreplus.com.au Demondrille J.E. Newnham & Co Cottage Park F. No. 3994 “Cara” Charmac Demondrille Partnership Delungra 2403 F. No. 4842 F. No. 2300 PO Box 196 P: 02 6723 6460 I., V.M., L.A., & S.M. Martin Mark Pendergast Harden 2587 PO Box 63 “Cottage Park” P: 02 6386 3596 Carinya Poll Lavington 2708 Cooma 2630 [email protected] P: 02 6043 1328 P: 02 6453 5559 Poll F. No. 1325 [email protected] A. & H. Marchant P: 02 6026 2211 Deniliquin leonmartin@ PO Box 203 Cressbrook Stud Park Poll Guyra 2365 charmacmerinos.com www.charmacmerinos.com F. No. 2302 Poll F. No. 1037 P: 02 6779 1408 D.R. & K.M. Overall [email protected] Cressbrook Partnership Clear Creek 437 Enmore Road “Emmaville” Weethalle 2669 F. No. 766 Armidale 2350 P: 02 6775 1217 P: 02 6975 6126 Roxburgh & Co [email protected] “Clear Creek” [email protected] Young 2594 www.cressbrookmerinos. P: 02 6384 7373/7317 com.au [email protected]

116 117 NSW DIRECTORY Doreen East Yarrabin Emoh Ruo Genanegie F. No. 4261- Poll F. No. 3 F. No. 5060 F. No. 4114 F. No. 1503 Doreen Partnership J.A. Locker J.F. & A.M. Doak Steve Swain Agribusiness PO Box 171 68 Culey Ave PO Box 39 17 Cherry Lane Uralla 2358 Cooma 2630 Bundarra 2359 Robin Hill 2795 P: 02 6775 3253 P: 02 6452 2221 P: 02 6723 7343 P: 02 6869 1350 [email protected] locker_lloyd@ [email protected] [email protected] harboursat.com.au www.genanegie-merinos. Dunbogan www.eastyarrabinmerinos.com Englefield North com.au F. No. 4423 Merinos J.W. & K.M. Roberts Echo F. No. 5064 Gidyeaong “Dunbogan” F. No. 1164 J.R. Cameron F. No. 3864 Elong Elong 2831 A. Day & Son “Englefield North” Gidyea Partnership P: 02 6886 6147 RMB 247 Walcha 2354 “Goonawarra” [email protected] Yass 2582 P: 02 6777 6536 Daysdale 2646 P: 02 4845 8221 P: 02 6035 0255 Dundoos Park Essex Hill F. No. 4563 Eden Moor F. No. 4743 Gingie Athelington Pty Ltd F. No. 2853 R.J. & G.J. Ward F. No. 1589 “Dundoos Park” R.A. & A.A. Stevenson “Essex Hill” Gingie Pastoral Co Dog Trap Road “Eden Moor” Kentucky 2354 “Gingie” Yass 2582 Tambar Springs 2381 P: 02 6778 7276 Walgett 2823 P: 02 6227 5851 P: 02 6377 5254 [email protected] P: 02 6828 8463 www.essexhillmerinos.com.au [email protected] Dunedin Park Poll Eden Park Poll F. No. 1013 F. No. 4172 Eudora Poll Glanna Dunedin Park Stud MW & JM Pilley Poll F. No. 234 F. No. 4003 – Poll F. No. 1019 “Dunedin Park” “Ullamalla” D. & A. Smith Glanna Merino Stud Wentworth 2648 Ullamalla Road “Box Cowal” PO Box 237 P: 03 5027 8240 (Stuart) Hill End 2850 Nyngan 2825 Gulgong 2852 P: 03 5027 8202 (Warren) P: 02 6337 8245 P: 02 6832 1354/2600 P: 02 6374 1124 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Edington www.glanna.com.au Dunumbral F. No. 4812 Europambela F. No. 2836 Edington Partnership F. No. 1588 Glen Emu Poll Tulagi Pastoral Co “Riverton” Europambela Grazing Co P/L Poll F. No. 370 “Tulagi” Grafton Road “Europambela” Emu Park Nominees Gurley 2398 Armidale 2350 Walcha 2354 PO Box 734 P: 02 6754 6882 P: 02 6775 3788 P: 02 6777 2856 Deniliquin 2710 [email protected] [email protected] P: 03 5881 2872 E Edithvale Glen Maye East Gowrie F. No. 4768 F F. No. 4119 F. No. 2785 E.M. & J.A. Jamieson Fernella M., I.S. & V.E. Price Broughams Road “Glen Maye” M.J. Cameron F. No. 4622 “East Gowrie” Finley 2713 2070 Hill Road P: 03 5883 1085 G.F. & H.M. Hudson Sallys Flat via Mudgee 2850 Guyra 2365 Old Catholic Church P: 02 6779 2633 P: 02 6337 1676 Egelabra 24-30 Church St Darby’s Falls 2793 Glen Park Poll East Roseville F. No. 32 P: 02 6345 1984 F. No. 4167 – Poll F. No. 977 H.E. Kater & Son Pty Ltd Poll F. No. 1212 East Roseville Merino Stud P/L PO Box 390 B.D. & M.T. Duncan PO Box 111 Warren 2824 “Glen Esk” P: 02 6847 4808 G via Wentworth 2648 Brewarrina 2839 Gdonya Poll P: 02 6829 6001 [email protected] P: 03 5027 0224 rcoddington@ www.egelabra.com Poll F. No. 1310 [email protected] ceinternet.com.au Ian Thomas Perry “Woorarra” 1068 Avondale Road Manilla 2346 P: 02 6782 5306

118 119 Glenbower Glenray Greenway Gunneramby F. No. 4075 F. No. 4568 F. No. 4116 F. No. 1069 G.T. Walker R.T. & B.J. Norman J.E. Harvey & Son D.A. & C.I. Rees 25 Bishops Avenue “Glenbrook” “Greenway”, MSF 2008 “Bellevue” Randwick 2031 Illabo 2590 Armidale 2350 Ivanhoe 2878 P: 02 9665 2193 P: 02 6924 5441 P: 02 6775 1223/1301 P: 02 6995 4859 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Glenbrook F. No. 4341 Glenwood Grogansworth Gunyah C.D. & N.M. Pearson F. No. 1156 F. No. 4038 F. No. 1610 “Glenbrook” Glenwood Pty Ltd Kim Henderson R.J. Hain 5 Ashtree Drive “Glenwood” “Grogansworth” “Gunyah” Armidale 2350 Twelve Mile Rd Bowning 2582 Cooma 2630 P: 02 6771 4617 Wellington 2820 P: 02 6227 6085 P: 02 6452 6445 [email protected] P: 02 6845 3665 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Glenburnie www.glenwoodmerinos.com.au Gulgo Poll F. No. 5059 Poll F. No. 100 H Glenburnie Partnership Goolgumbla R.J.T. & F.T. Gavel Haddon Rig “Mt Agnes” F. No. 42 PO Box 4 F. No. 48 – Poll F. No. 1409 Walcha 2354 The Rollinson Family Condobolin 2877 Haddon Rig Pty Ltd P: 02 6777 3978/3826 Goolgumbla P: 02 6895 2795 “Haddon Rig” [email protected] c/- “Concordia” Warren 2824 Mysia, Vic 3518 Gullendah P: 02 6847 4405/3411 Glenelg P: 03 5886 7124/5437 9256 F. No. 3048 [email protected] F. No. 4344 Gullendah Pastoral Co Pty Ltd www.haddonrig.com.au R.A. & J.M. Longmire Pty Ltd GRASS Merinos “Gullendah” “Glenelg” F. No. 3884 Baldry 2867 Havilah North Narrandera 2700 GRASS Merinos Pty Ltd P: 02 6367 9235 F. No. 3934 P: 02 6959 8212 c/- G.R. Peart [email protected] A.J. & C.J. White Pty Ltd [email protected] PO Box 2104 “Welshville”, Stony Creek Rd Dubbo 2830 GullenGamble Mudgee 2850 Glenhaven Park P: 02 6884 5544 F. No. 4865 – Poll F. No. 1414 P: 02 6373 5265 F. No. 2814 gpeart@ GullenGamble Pastoral Trust [email protected] G.R. & E.M. Hines rmsaccountants.com.au “GullenGamble” “Glenhaven” www.grassmerino.com.au Yeoval 2868 Hawksley Park 1333 Milvale-Stockinbingal Rd P: 02 6846 4252/4422 Grassy Creek F. No. 5031 Milvale 2594 [email protected] I.G. & W. Lockwood P: 02 6384 7349 (Mgr) F. No. 5030 – Poll F. No. 1366 www.gullengamblemerinos. PO Box 39 P: 02 6384 7318 Grassy Creek Pastoral com.au Deepwater 2371 [email protected] “Dryburgh” P: 02 6734 5353 Reids Flat 2586 Gunbar [email protected] Glenleigh P: 02 6345 2201 F. No. 3705 F. No. 1165 – Poll F. No. 982 [email protected] B.H. MacLachlan (NSW) P/L Hazeldean G. & N. Privett Gunbar Station Grathlyn F. No. 383 1039 Coolalie Road Merriwagga 2652 Hazeldean Pty Ltd Yass 2582 F. No. 1885 P: 02 6967 6230 “Hazeldean” P: 02 4845 8222 S.M. Rayner P: 08 8223 1516 Cooma 2630 [email protected] “Grathlyn”, Hill End Road dominicjennings@ P: 02 6453 5555 Mudgee 2850 bigpond.com [email protected] Glenoak P: 02 6373 8507 www.hazeldean.com.au F. No. 4526 P: 02 6337 8177 Gundarimbah Schofield Grazing Co [email protected] F. No. 5052 Hillandale “Glenoak” G.H. Orr Greenland F. No. 4992 Nundle 2340 “Wilga”, Back Trundle Rd C.A. & J.A. Brien P: 02 6769 3220 F. No. 4188 – Poll F. No. 1109 Parkes 2870 “Hillandale” J.E. & J.R. Alcock P: 02 6864 3282 Wellington 2820 “Merambego” [email protected] P: 02 6845 1237 Bungarby 2630 P: 02 6453 6244/5577 [email protected]

118 119 NSW DIRECTORY Hillcreston Kameruka Kia-Warra F. No. 1263 F. No. 5067 F. No. 2850 Hillcreston & Co I Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon Kia-Warra Pastoral Co “Hillcreston” Illawarra (Aust) Pty Ltd “Kia-Warra” Bigga 2583 F. No. 2345 – Poll F. No. 1441 “Kameruka” Weethalle 2669 P: 02 4835 2229/2255 Ken Howard & Co Bega 2550 P: 02 6975 6155 [email protected] “Doona” P: 02 6493 2205 Yerong Creek 2642 [email protected] Kiah P: 02 6920 6123 Hillcreston Heights F. No. 1845

F. No. 4951 Karoola Downs Poll J.M. & C. Armstrong B. & S. Picker & Co Inglewood Estate Poll F. No. 975 PO Box 456 “The Springs” F. No. 2871 J.R. Derrick & Son Parkes 2870 Bigga 2583 Inglewood Estate “Karoola Station” P: 02 6866 2148 P: 02 4835 2377 “Inglewood” via Adelong 2729 [email protected] [email protected] Bombala 2632 P: 02 6944 7584 P: 02 6458 3330 [email protected] Kilburnie Downs [email protected] Hillcreston Park F. No. 2749 F. No. 4584 – Poll F. No. 1161 Karori R.A. & M.A. Wise D.D., M.M., T. & J.H. Picker F. No. 4773 “Kilburnie” “Hillcreston Park” J Karori Pastoral Co Pty Ltd The Rock 2655 Bigga 2583 Jardine “Karori” P: 02 6928 5507 P: 02 4835 2220 F. No. 4621 Walcha 2354 [email protected] [email protected] Gregory R. Hill (NSW) Pty Ltd P: 02 6777 9189 www.hillcrestonpark.com.au “The Meadows”, Collector Rd [email protected] Kilnyana Gunning 2581 www.karori.com.au F. No. 51 Hilltop P: 02 4845 1169 Savernake Pastoral Co F. No. 4483 [email protected] Karowara Savernake Station A.S. & A.M. Mort Plains Poll Savernake 2646 “Tallawangra” Jilliby Poll F. No. 1338 P: 03 5886 7149 Yarrabin Road F. No. 4009 Kim Watts Mudgee 2850 R.E., D.V. & R.E. Maguire “Hempstead”, Noakes Rd Kilphysic P: 02 6373 3514 “Jilliby” Bedgerebong 2871 F. No. 2645 [email protected] Cooma 2630 P: 0429 952 499 Kilphysic Pastoral Co P: 02 6452 1745 P: 02 6857 1031 a.h. “Kilphysic” Hinesville [email protected] Carroll 2340 F. No. 1341 Johnson Park P: 02 6743 1701 Hinesville Merino Stud F. No. 5076 Kelvin Vale [email protected] PO Box 26 Johnson Park Merino Stud F. No. 4462 Delegate 2633 PO Box 710 C. Munsie & Sons Kirkton P: 02 6458 8129/8256 Yass 2582 PO Box 122 F. No. 4205 [email protected] P: 02 6226 5769 Uralla 2358 J.B. Kelman johnsonparkmerinos@ P: 02 6778 4651/4523 19a Greville St Homesville hotmail.com maryannemunsie@ Chatswood 2067 F. No. 3630 bigpond.com P: 02 9419 5773 M.D. Croker P: 02 6337 0366 (Mgr) “Croma” K Keri Keri [email protected] Fullerton 2583 Kalanga Poll F. No. 2544 www.kirktonstud.com P: 02 4834 2171 Poll F. No. 72 Dowling Keri Keri Past Co P/L Kirob W.A. & M.B. Cameron “Keri Keri” Homewood PO Box 751 Moulamein 2733 F. No. 5008 F. No. 531 Glen Innes 2370 P: 03 5034 0591 K.D. & R.A. Cartwright M.L. Armour & Co P: 02 6733 6888 [email protected] “Thalaba Downs” “Homewood” cameronlivestock@ Laggan 2583 1191 Jerrawa Road bigpond.com Kerin Poll P: 02 4837 3210/3038 Dalton 2581 Poll F. No. 1413 [email protected] P: 02 4845 6376 Kerin Agriculture www.stft.com.au PO Box 16 Yeoval 2868 P: 02 6846 4070 [email protected] www.kerinpoll.com.au

120 121 Koonwarra Lara Plains Loongana Poll F. No. 1267 F. No. 748 Poll F. No. 19 Koonwarra Merino Stud P’ship G. & N. Ham Macarthur Pastoral Co M PO Box 29 PO Box 118 (Cannanbri) Pty Ltd Macarthur Park Boorowa 2586 Jerilderie 2716 “Cannanbri” F. No. 4657 – Poll F. No. 1200 P: 02 6385 3396 P: 03 5886 1440 Walcha 2354 K.A. & Y.A. Williams P: 0427 272 28 (Jono) [email protected] P: 02 6777 6531 276 Riverside Road merino@ [email protected] Mt Collins 2794 koonwarrastud.com.au Laraben Poll P: 02 6345 4229 www.koonwarrastud.com.au Poll F. No. 1251 Lorelmo Poll M., J. & H. Swords Poll F. No. 430 Main Range Kulki “The Lagoons” Lorelmo Pastoral Co F. No. 5062 F. No. 965 Ulan 2850 “Topdale” G.W., M.T. & S.G. Tozer R.J. Capel P: 02 6373 4635 Walcha 2354 PO Box 1059 “Kulki” P: 02 6775 1224 Cooma 2630 Inverell 2360 Laurel Park [email protected] P: 02 6456 4405 [email protected] P: 02 6725 6446 F. No. 3542 – Poll F. No. 7 www.lorelmo.com.au W.J. & H.J. Buttenshaw Kullingrah “Laurel Park” Lowanna Maister’s Swamp F. No. 3757 West Wyalong 2671 F. No. 3008 F. No. 4497 – Poll F. No. 1284 Kullingrah Pastoral Co P: 02 6972 5286 R.G. & A.M. Kingston Maister’s Swamp Past Co “Sunnyridge” “The Wilgars” “Maister’s Swamp” Frogmore via Boorowa 2586 Ledgerton Forbes 2871 Kentucky 2354 P: 02 6778 7244 P: 02 6385 6225 F. No. 4154 P: 02 6856 1108 [email protected] [email protected] Ledgerton (Yass) Pty Ltd www.maistersswampmerinos “Ledgerton”, Lucas Grove .com.au Kurrajong Park 1521 Mountain Creek Rd F. No. 2274 F. No. 1770 – Poll F. No. 1160 Yass 2582 Mavis F. Spicer R.E. & G.C. Kent P: 02 6227 5432 “Lucas Grove”, RMB 451 Manawa “Kurrajong Park” [email protected] Taralga 2580 F. No. 3826 Delungra 2403 P: 02 4843 3052 L.N. Clarke P: 02 6729 1340 Lemani “Spring Creek” Berridale 2628 [email protected] F. No. 4845 Lyndon P: 02 6456 3211 S.K. Symons F. No. 4994 “Taviton” B.M. & S.L. Gordon Maroombah L 362 Bukkulla Road “West Lynne” Ashford 2361 Guyra 2365 F. No. 4998 Lachlan Merinos P.J. Colley F. No. 5022 – Poll F. No. 1415 P: 02 6725 4279 P: 02 6779 1506 [email protected] [email protected] 2 Lindsay Street Lachlan Merinos Hargraves 2850 “Meadow Bank” Lochness Lynford Poll P: 02 6373 8634 Warroo Bridge Road [email protected] Forbes 2871 F. No. 1110 Poll F. No. 1419 Lochness Pty Ltd S.M. Rayner & Co P: 02 6857 2118 Marraboola Merinos [email protected] “Corona” “Grathlyn”, Hill End Road F. No. 5032 www.lachlanmerinos.com.au Crookwell 2583 Mudgee 2850 P: 02 4834 2134 P: 02 6373 8677/8518 M.R. & V.J. Bolam “Battabanya” Lands End Poll [email protected] Lone Pine Tullamore 2874 Poll F. No. 1397 P: 02 6892 5158/7227 F. No. 3852 Lynoch L.B. & D.H. Johnstone [email protected] “Amaroo”, Gulf Road Vatua Partnership F. No. 1718 PO Box 382 Lynoch Pty Ltd Emmaville 2371 Maybrook P: 02 6734 7207 Coonamble 2829 PO Box 83 F. No. 4612 [email protected] P: 02 6823 5820 Armidale 2350 [email protected] P: 02 6771 2812 C.M. Collits Pty Ltd “Maybrook” Langdene 962 Peak Hill Road F. No. 3863 Narromine 2821 Langdene Pastoral Co P: 02 6889 6525 “Langdene”, 1127 Dubbo Rd P: 02 9651 7444 Dunedoo 2844 [email protected] P: 02 6375 1972 (Garry) [email protected] www.langdene.com.au

120 121 NSW DIRECTORY Meadow View Poll Merryville Moorna Poll F. No. 1399 Merryville-Murgha F. No. 4415 Meadow View Stud (Henty) A.J. Peadon N F. Nos. 56/57 – Poll F. No. 223 Nanima “Meadow View” Merryville Stud PO Box 142 F. No. 4993 Henty 2658 PO Box 103 Bombala 2632 C.K. & F.A. Darmody P: 02 6929 3701 Boorowa 2586 P: 02 6458 3003 “Nanima” [email protected] P: 02 6385 3333 951 Murrumbateman Rd [email protected] Moray Murrumbateman 2582 Merima F. No. 4060 P: 02 6227 5545 F. No. 2428 Middle View J.H. & J.F. Stewart T.C. Bruce “Moray” F. No. 3725 – Poll F. No. 1362 Nelungaloo “Koorong” B & M Walters Guyra 2365 F. No. 1813 RMB Delegate Road “Merani Park” P: 02 6779 4215 Pratley Partnership Bombala 2632 Dalgety 2628 [email protected] “Oakbrook”, 1284 Peel Rd P: 02 6458 7120 P: 02 6456 6744 Bathurst 2795 [email protected] bobandmikala@ Mount Nanima P: 02 6337 6548 harboursat.com.au F. No. 4861 Merrignee www.middleview.com.au W.R. & J.M. Fischer F. No. 4417 – Poll F. No. 1100 “Mount Nanima” Nerstane C.T. Merriman & Son Milburn Creek 2 Bush’s Lane F. No. 3298 – Poll F. No. 1433 Nerstane Pastoral Co PO Box 29 F. No. 4986 Murrumbateman 2582 “Nerstane” Boorowa 2586 M.R. Johnston P: 02 6227 5638 Woolbrook 2354 P: 02 6385 3396 “Milburn Creek” P: 02 6777 5881 [email protected] Pine Mount Rd Mullengudgery [email protected] www.merrignee.com.au Woodstock 2793 F. No. 232 – Poll F. No. 9 www.nerstane.com.au P: 02 6345 1832 Mullengudgery Pty Ltd Merrimont [email protected] “Mullengudgery” F. No. 4995 Nyngan 2825 Netherton Steven Dawe Milong P: 02 6833 9953 F. No. 4587 D.V. & D.H. Lisle “Valley View” F. No. 59 “Netherton” Stock Route Road Olde Milong Pty Ltd Mulwala Walcha 2354 Monteagle 2594 “Olde Milong”, Temora Rd F. No. 3169 P: 02 6777 3944 P: 02 6383 6289 Young 2594 Savernake Park Pastoral Co [email protected] [email protected] P: 02 6384 7324 Savernake Station [email protected] Savernake 2646 Merryanbone P: 03 5886 7149 Niela F. No. 687 – Poll F. No. 611 Miramoona F. No. 5020 A.D. & D.T. McGaw John R. McLaughlin F. No. 3471 Mumblebone 3 Monastery Drive Merryanbone Station Miramoona Pastoral Co F. No. 63 Goulburn 2580 Warren 2824 “Miramoona” Wuuluman Pty Ltd P: 02 4821 6947 P: 02 6833 9966 Walcha 2354 “Marapana” [email protected] [email protected] P: 02 6777 2885 456 Wuuluman Road [email protected] Wellington 2820 Nimala Merryanbone North www.miramoona.com P: 02 6845 3620 F. No. 5035 Poll [email protected] G. & S. Wright Poll F. No. 1130 Mirani www.mumblebone.com.au PO Box 72 J.A. McLaughlin Partnership F. No. 732 – Poll F. No. 421 Culcairn 2660 “Merryanbone North” Mirani Pty Ltd Mungadal P: 02 6029 7197 Warren 2824 “Mirani” F. No. 15 [email protected] P: 02 6833 9993 Walcha 2354 Paraway Pastoral Co P/L [email protected] P: 02 6777 1360 “Mungadal” North Yathong [email protected] Hay 2711 F. No. 4915 Merryshiels www.mirani.org P: 02 6993 1704 (Mgr) F.J., S. & A.D. Brunt F. No. 4475 mungadal@ “North Yathong” L. & R.E. Fletcher Mirridong parawaypastoral.com Jerilderie 2716 “Coomooloo” F. No. 4922 P: 03 5886 1219 Walcha 2354 A.J. Byrne & Co Myack P: 02 6777 8148 “Mirridong” F. No. 1291 [email protected] Gerogery 2642 G. C. Woodhouse P: 02 6026 0116 “Marianella”, Mates Gully Rd [email protected] Tarcutta 2652 P: 02 6928 7156

122 123 Overland Petali Poll F. No. 5074 Poll F. No. 1279 O L., J., A. & A. Magill Petali Pastoral Co R Oak Hills “Overland” “Petali” Raby F. No. 3806 797 Leafy Tank Road Walcha 2354 F. No. 197 D.L. & M.I. Croake Bogan Gate 2876 P: 02 6777 2124 Hassad Australia “Oak Hills” P: 02 6864 1115 [email protected] “Raby”, RMB 201 1329 Pyramul Road P: 02 6863 4948 www.petali.com.au Warren 2824 Pyramul 2850 [email protected] P: 02 6847 4888 (Mgr) P: 02 6373 8295 [email protected] Pine Hill [email protected] F. No. 2309 Ravecchia D.W. & E. Ridley Oakbrook P F. No. 4349 – Poll F. No. 1384 “Pine Hill” F. No. 852 Parkdale B.M. Ostini Forbes 2871 Pratley Partnership F. No. 4638 “The Trig”, 2091 Ophir Rd P: 02 6856 3169 “Oakbrook”, 1284 Peel Rd D.W. & P.E. Mudford via Orange 2800 Bathurst 2795 “Parkdale”, MS4 Collie Rd P: 02 6366 0433 Pomanara P: 02 6337 6548 Dubbo 2830 [email protected] F: 02 6337 6552 P: 02 6887 6266 F. No. 4057 [email protected] G.J. & R.A. Rayner Revenue Park Poll www.parkdalesrs.net.au “Pomanara” Old Cobran Poll Poll F. No. 906 2548 Hill End Rd Old Cobran No 2 Revenue Park Pty Ltd Pastora Sally’s Flat via Mudgee 2850 Poll “Revenue Park” F. No. 4418 - Poll F. No. 1090 P: 02 6337 8223 Poll F. No. 32 – Poll F. No. 644 Goodnight 2736 T. & R. Westblade [email protected] Old Cobran Pastoral Pty Ltd P: 03 5030 5531 “Brookong” 554 Huon Creek Road [email protected] Lockhart 2656 Pooginook Wodonga, Vic 3691 P: 02 6920 5423 F. No. 788 P: 02 6024 7761 Richmond [email protected] Paraway Pastoral Co. Ltd F. No. 5021 [email protected] Pooginook Merino Stud T.W.G. & S.C. Ryan Jerilderie 2716 Pegela “Richmond” One Oak P: 02 6954 6145 (Mgr) F. No. 5080 Quandialla 2721 One Oak No 2 pooginook@ Pegela Pastoral Company P: 02 6347 1166 F. No. 2251- F. No. 3855 parawaypastoral.com PO Box 10 [email protected] One Oak Pty Ltd Oberon 2787 www.pooginook.com PO Box 84 P: 02 6336 3033 Rockdale Jerilderie 2716 [email protected] P: 03 5886 1269 F. No. 3554 [email protected] Q Rockdale Grazing Co Pemblegong Quambaloo Poll “Rockdale” One Oak Poll F. No. 80 Poll F. No. 1306 Canowindra 2804 Charles Mills (Uardry) P/L Quambaloo Past. Company Poll F. No. 408 P: 02 6344 1153 “Uardry” 38 Sutherland Ave A.R. & N.L. Wells [email protected] Hay 2711 Armidale 2350 “One Oak Poll”, Liddle Lane P: 02 6993 5101 P: 02 6772 2659 Jerilderie 2716 Rocklyn [email protected] [email protected] P: 03 5886 7117 F. No. 1039 www.uardry.com oneoakpoll@ Rocklyn Pty Ltd harboursat.com.au Quamby Park Poll “Elon”, Cowra Road Pemcaw Poll F. No. 999 Grenfell 2810 Otterbourne F. No. 776 – Poll F. No. 1377 L.B. Hawkins P: 02 6343 6331 Pemcaw Merino Stud F. No. 1767 – Poll F. No. 1269 “Old Woolerina” [email protected] “Pemcaw” Otterbourne Pastoral Co Davirton Road Dunedoo 2844 “Otterbourne”, Wargeila Rd Dirranbandi, Qld 4486 Rogara Poll P: 02 6375 8263 Yass 2582 P: 07 4625 0876 Poll F. No. 1317 [email protected] P: 02 6227 3210/3243 Rogara Station www.pemcaw.com.au [email protected] Queenlee 116 Dewsbury’s Lane F. No. 2471 Quialigo via Goulburn 2580 T., B. & P. Carlon P: 02 4844 7066 “Queenlee” Uralla 2358 P: 02 6778 7437 [email protected]

122 123 NSW DIRECTORY Ronjabar Ruby Hills Stanley Vale Tara Park F. No. 4430 F. No. 4120 F. No. 4595 F. No. 3718 N.E. & J.L. Doherty A. & A.H. Burgess P’Ship Stanley Vale Partnership Tara Park Merino Stud “Pine View” PO Box 134 PO Box 113 353 Brial Road Goolma 2852 Walcha 2354 Uralla 2358 Boorowa 2586 P: 02 6374 0235 P: 02 6777 2102 P: 02 6778 4598 P: 02 6385 3288/3615 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.rubyhills.com.au www.tarapark.com.au Rose Hill Stillbrook Poll F. No. 4425 Poll F. No. 1095 Taradean J.D. Manwaring S J., S. & T. Bensley F. No. 4291 “Rose-Hill”, RMB 203 Shalimar Park “Stillbrook”, Kialla Road L.A. & M.C. Weston Cootamundra 2590 F. No. 2425 – Poll F. No. 1278 Crookwell 2583 “Wyuna” P: 02 6386 6286 Shalimar Park Merino Stud P: 02 4832 1204 Nimmitabel 2631 “Shalimar”, 619 Bergen Rd [email protected] P: 02 6454 6411 Roseville Park Walcha 2354 [email protected] F. No. 4166 – Poll F. No. 1288 P: 02 6778 7339/7326 Stoney View Roseville Park Merino Stud [email protected] F. No. 4559 Tarrangower “Glenwood” A.W. & J.M. Ticehurst F. No. 4107 39R Dilladerry Rd MS3 Sims Uardry “Rockleigh” D.G. & A.S. Waters Dubbo 2830 F. No. 4916 – Poll F. No. 1387 Bookham 2582 “Eastview” P: 02 6887 7286 Charles Mills (Uardry) P/L P: 02 6227 7276 667 Long Point Road [email protected] “Uardry” Hillgrove 2350 www.rosevilleparkmerinos. Hay 2711 Suttor P: 02 6778 1165 com.au P: 02 6993 5101 F. No. 4126 [email protected] [email protected] S.A. Suttor-Roydhouse Rossmere www.uardry.com “Echo” Thalabah F. No. 4600 Triamble via Mudgee 2850 F. No. 4803 C.H. & B.J. Grieves Skyline P: 02 6373 8597 Thalaba (Laggan) Past. Co “Cottage Farm” F. No. 4713 [email protected] “Thalaba” 23 Polding Street I.J. & B.R. Blyton www.suttorstud.com Crookwell 2583 Yass 2582 “Glenlee” P: 02 4837 3243 P: 02 6226 1751 Nimmitabel 2631 Syl-Ken [email protected] P: 02 6454 6246 F. No. 807 Rossmore [email protected] K.R. Maloney The Lagoons F. No. 35 RMB 449 Abercrombie Rd F. No. 790 Rossmore Agriculture Snowy Plain Mt Defiance E.A.H. Middleton & Co “Rossmore” F. No. 3829 via Taralga 2580 “The Lagoons” Burren Junction 2386 M.A. & K.L. Hedger P: 02 4843 3059 Binalong 2584 P: 02 6796 1404 18 Mary Street P: 02 6227 4347 [email protected] Berridale 2628 [email protected] P: 02 6456 3856 T Round Plain [email protected] Tallawong The Yanko F. No. 4448 F. No. 5011 – Poll F. No. 1334 F. No. 4694 G.C. & J.M. Crowe Somerset Tallawong Pastoral Co I.E. Cameron & Co “Cross Roads” F. No. 484 “Murrumville”, Dog Trap Rd “The Yanko” Berridale 2628 D.B. Milthorpe & Son Yass 2582 Jerilderie 2716 P: 02 6456 8884 103 Coreen St P: 02 6227 5701 [email protected] Jerilderie 2716 Royalla P: 03 5886 1381 Tambua Poll Tipperlinne F. No. 3888 Poll F. No. 564 F. No. 4585 E.D. McDonald & Son South Greenbank Tambua Pastoral Co B.S. & A.M. Edwards “Glenroy” F. No. 541 “Tambua Station” “Lochiel”, PO Box 54 Wallendbeen 2588 South Greenbank Past. Co Cobar 2835 Uralla 2358 P: 02 6943 2536 “South Greenbank” P: 02 6837 3623 (Paul) P: 02 6778 4327 Young 2594 P: 02 6837 3622 (Ken) [email protected] P: 02 6383 3553/3554 [email protected]

124 125 Tombong Ullamalla Wanganella West Lynne F. No. 2056 F. No. 4102 F. No. 83 F. No. 4558 Tombong Estate Pty Ltd G.D. & D.C. Dray F.S. Falkiner & Sons Pty Ltd R.M. Gordon Mr D. J. Cupit 76 Byng St “Boonoke” “West Lynne” 12 Lennox St Orange 2800 Deniliquin 2710 Guyra 2365 Mosman 2088 P: 02 6361 7136 P: 03 5884 6604 P: 02 6775 5736 P: 02 6458 8029 P: 02 6337 8245 [email protected] P: 02 9969 8116 [email protected] www.fsfalkiner.com.au West Plains Poll Poll F. No. 1236 Tootha Uroley Poll Wantana Hinesville Merino Stud F. No. 3540 Poll F. No. 1233 F. No. 3801 PO Box 26 B., D. & T.F. O’Keeffe S.M. & J.A. Kayess W.G. Darmody Delegate 2633 “Tootha” “Uroley Park” Frogmore Road P: 02 6458 8129/8256 Walgett 2832 Sturt Highway Boorowa 2586 [email protected] P: 02 6828 9321/8474 Narrandera 2700 P: 02 6385 3570 [email protected] P: 02 6959 3001 [email protected] West Vale [email protected] F. No. 1587 Towalba Warrananga L.R. & J.E. Blanch F. No. 3836 – Poll F. No. 1403 F. No. 2028 “Westvale” Towalba Pastoral Co V Warrananga Proprietors 334 Westvale Road “Towalba” Valdemar Poll “Warrananga Station” Wollun 2354 Peak Hill 2869 Poll F. No. 1347 Wentworth 2648 P: 02 6778 7321 P: 02 6869 1359/1724 Duncan Clowes P: 03 5027 3713 [email protected] [email protected] PO Box 42 gregorypollard@ Millthorpe 2798 bigpond.com.au Westray Trynow P: 02 6366 3213 F. No. 3007 F. No. 3740 [email protected] Waverley R.O. Cannon & L.M. Tremain J.P. Honeysett F. No. 4458 “Westray” “Rockdale” Valley Vista Poll A.P. Grills Peak Hill 2869 Spicers Creek 2820 Poll F. No. 1114 “Waverley” P: 02 6869 1473 P: 02 6846 6331 J.D. & S.C. Pitson Guyra 2365 [email protected] Turon Hill “Thugga” P: 02 6775 8353 F. No. 4345 Culcairn 2660 [email protected] Whyworry Park B.E. & K.C. Cole P: 02 6036 5232 F. No. 3962 “Turon Hill” Waverley Downs D.J. Carter Sofala 2795 F. No. 4071 – Poll F. No. 1174 “Whyworry Park” P: 02 6337 7752 Sean & Judith Ballinger Uralla 2358 [email protected] W “Lecoin” P: 02 6778 4147 Walgrove Delungra 2403 [email protected] Tuwinga F. No. 3983 P: 02 6724 8386 www.whyworry.com.au F. No. 707 T.H. Davies & Co [email protected] J.H. Traill & Sons “Walgrove” Willandra 11 Shrewsbury Avenue Hay 2711 Weealla F. No. 87 – Poll F. No. 610 Tamworth 2340 P: 02 6993 2135 F. No. 4660 – Poll F. No. 438 Willandra Merino Stud P: 02 6766 5627 D.K. & K.A. McBurnie & Sons “Willandra” P: 02 6747 6219 Walwa “Weealla” 477 North Coree Road F. No. 3887 Balladoran 2831 Jerilderie 2716 A.J. & J.L. McCormack P: 02 6888 1101 P: 03 5886 1223 U “Walwa” P: 02 6887 9266 [email protected] Uardry Gurrundah via Gunning 2581 [email protected] P: 02 4844 3161/3112 Willow Dale F. No. 79 [email protected] Wendouree Charles Mills (Uardry) P/L F. No. 1106 F. No. 4165 D.J. Holgate & Sons “Uardry” Wandean Poll Hay 2711 J.P. & G.A. Whitechurch & Son “Willow Dale”, RMB 215 P: 02 6993 5101 Poll F. No. 1372 Bimbi Road Dalton 2581 [email protected] Riverina Wool Grenfell 2810 P: 02 4845 6268 www.uardry.com PO Box 219 P: 02 6347 1272 Moama 2731 P: 03 5482 2965 [email protected]

124 125 NSW DIRECTORY Willurah Wirrilla Woodside F. No. 1094 F. No. 4006 F. No. 749 John Lamb Pastoral Co P/L J.R. & D.P. Winter Woodside Grazing Co Y “Willurah” PO Box 434 “Warrie” Yalgoo Conargo 2710 Mudgee 2850 Gulargambone 2828 F. No. 1552 P: 03 5884 7500 P: 02 6373 8206 P: 02 6825 1248 Yalgoo Partnership [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PO Box 141 Walcha 2354 Wilson’s Creek Woodburn Woolaroo P: 02 6777 2525 yalgoopartnership@bigpond. F. No. 2857 F. No. 2973 F. No. 4059 com Wilson’s Creek Pastoral Co P.J. Southwell P.T. & K.C. Walker www.yalgoo.org “Wilson’s Creek” “Fairview” PO Box 96 839 Kingstown Road 713 Burrinjuck Road Yass 2582 Uralla 2358 Bookham 2582 P: 02 6226 1104 Yarong P: 02 6778 4091 P: 02 6227 7207 [email protected] F. No. 3626 [email protected] www.woolaroo.com.au K.L. & M.P. Williams Woodfield Poll “Yarong” Forbes 2871 Winona Poll F. No. 1361 Woollahra P: 02 6853 1121/2226 Winona No 2 B. & L. Stephenson F. No. 5077 PO Box 1584 Woollahra Merino Stud F. No. 1500 – F. No. 3664 Yarrawonga C.T. Seis Armidale 2350 PO Box 333 F. No. 3534 – Poll F. No. 1356 “Winona”, Merotherie Road P: 02 6775 3220 Yass 2582 D.T., S. & E. Phillips Gulgong 2852 bruce.stephenson6@ P: 02 6226 3447 Cunningham Plains P: 02 6375 9256 bigpond.com [email protected] Harden 2587 [email protected] P: 02 6386 3128 www.winona.net.au Woodpark Wyuna yarrawongamerino@ Woodpark No 2 Poll F. No. 2919 bigpond.com Winrock F. No. 62 – Poll F. No. 1329 A.D. & M.G. Beveridge “Warragong” F. No. 1364 Woodpark Pastoral Co P/L Yooroobla C.M. Armour Pty Ltd “Woodpark” Armatree via Gilgandra 2827 F. No. 4709 “Lyndfield”, Oolong Road Jerilderie 2716 P: 02 6848 5838 Yooroobla Pastoral Co Gunning 2581 P: 03 5886 7149 [email protected] Jerilderie 2716 P: 02 4845 8215 Woodpark Poll P: 03 5886 1652 [email protected] Poll F. No. 1151 [email protected] C. & S. Huggins Winyar “Eurolie” Yoorooga Hay 2711 F. No. 3627 – Poll F. No. 1328 F. No. 3713 P: 02 6993 4616 A.L. & S.M. Dawson J.E. & L.A. Holley [email protected] Belubula Way “Yoorooga”, PO Box 119 www.woodparkmerino.com.au Canowindra 2804 Tenterfield 2372 P: 02 6344 1653 P: 02 6736 1323 [email protected] [email protected] NSW Contact Index

CONTACT STUD CONTACT STUD Alcock John & Jenny GREENLAND + POLL Beveridge Angus & Melinda WYUNA Amos Jane BURRENBAH Blanch Leo & Judy WEST VALE Armour Ken & Stephen WINROCK Blaxland Mark BLAXLAND POLL Armstrong Cam & James CASSILIS PARK Blewitt Arthur BRIARLEA Armstrong Craig & June KIAH Blomfield Rob & Katrina KARORI Armstrong Lou & Henry PEMCAW + POLL Blyth Cheryl BLYTH Bahr Simon MEADOW VIEW POLL Blyton Ian & Barbara SKYLINE Baldwin Ross, Rick & Jill BUNDILLA + POLL Bolam Nick, Malcolm & Vivienne MARRABOOLA MERINOS Ballinger Sean & Judith WAVERLEY DOWNS + POLL Bower Tim, Kevin & Sybilla STANLEY VALE Banks Charlie & Louise BANKSIA DOWNS POLL Brien Craig & Jody HILLANDALE Barnet Kim & Rhonda MIRAMOONA Brien Scott & Anna BELLA LANA Barron Ray, James & Julie ADINA + POLL Bruce Joan & Warren CORELLA Bazeley Mark WANDEAN POLL Bruce Tim MERIMA Bell Ashley RABY Brunt Alan & Tricia NORTH YATHONG Bensley John, Sandra & Troy STILLBROOK POLL Bucknell Sam & Gillian OTTERBOURNE + POLL

126 127 NSW CONTACT INDEX CONTACT STUD CONTACT STUD Burgess Andrew & Carolyn RUBY HILLS Fletcher Warwick & Jacki CAIRNIE Burgess Jan BURRAGUNDY Fulloon Lachlan CRESSBROOK Bush Jim & Peter BOUGH YARD Gaden Frank & Jean BOREELA Buttenshaw Bill & Heather LAUREL PARK + POLL Gall Tony & Janet WILSON’S CREEK Byrne Stuart & Allan MIRRIDONG Gardiner Julie & David BA MACK Cameron Hugh & Heather THE YANKO Gavel Richard & Frances GULGO POLL Cameron Josh ENGLEFIELD NORTH MERINOS Gibson Maurice CROIDON Cameron Margaret & David EAST GOWRIE Gordon Barry & Sandra LYNDON Cameron Will, Archie & Jo KALANGA POLL Gordon Richard & Robyn WEST LYNNE Campbell Alexander (Sandy) KULLINGRAH Graham John & Susan BOONONGO Campbell Jock MUNGADAL Granger Ron & Eunice & Aaron ROGARA POLL Campbell Justin BOONOKE + POLL Gream Brian QUAMBALOO POLL Campbell Justin WANGANELLA Green Michael & Mary BOUDJAH Cannon Ray & Leanne Tremain WESTRAY Green Roger ALOEBURN POLL Capel Peter, Louise & Enid BUNGULLA + POLL Grieves Clive ROSSMERE Capel Richard KULKI Griffith Ian & Janet BRUNDANELLA Carey Dan & Vicki BALLYHOOLEY Grills Anthony WAVERLEY Carlon Peter & Trudy BLENMORE Hain Andrew ARABLE Carlon Philip & Jen, Tony & Barb QUEENLEE Hain Robert GUNYAH Carter Darryl WHYWORRY PARK Ham Neville & Sara LARA PLAINS Cartwright Kim & Robyn KIROB Harvey Stephen GREENWAY Cathles Peter DUNDOOS PARK Haslingden Ian & Sue INGLEWOOD ESTATE Chalmers Brad & Pru ACACIA-CANARY ISLAND Hawkins Len QUAMBY PARK POLL Chapman Drew & Laura HINESVILLE / WEST PLAINS POLL Hedger Michael (Mick) & Katrina SNOWY PLAIN Clark Rohan & Geraldine APPLEDORE Henderson Kim, Rocky & George GROGANSWORTH Clarke Leon MANAWA Hickey Ian & Dot REVENUE PARK POLL Clonan Chris & Cindy ALFOXTON + POLL Hill Greg JARDINE Clowes Duncan VALDEMAR POLL Hines Geoff GLENHAVEN PARK Coddington Anthony & Robert EAST ROSEVILLE + POLL Holgate David WILLOW DALE Coddington Graham CODDINGTON POLL Holley John & Lois YOOROOGA Coddington Matthew & Cherie ROSEVILLE PARK + POLL Honeysett Jeff & Gregory TRYNOW Cole Brenden TURON HILL Howard Ken ILLAWARRA + POLL Colley Peter MAROOMBAH Hudson Garry & Helen FERNELLA Collits Colin, Dee & Lorraine MAYBROOK Huggins Carol & Stephen WOODPARK POLL Cordingley John & Julie LORELMO POLL Huggins / Sloane Helen KILNYANA / MULWALA Corkhill Michael & Jane GRASSY CREEK + POLL Huggins Owen & Helen WOODPARK + NO 2 POLL Coventry Warren LYNOCH Hughes Peter, Margot & Andrew GULLENDAH Cox Gordon, Colleen, Garry LANGDENE Inder Anthony & Penny ALLENDALE Cox John & Greg DELWICK Jamieson John & Edith EDITHVALE Cox Malcolm BOCOBLE + POLL Jennings Dominic GUNBAR Croake Daryl & Irene OAK HILLS Johnson Tom & Christie JOHNSON PARK Croker Matthew HOMESVILLE Johnston John AUSTRAL-EDEN Crowe Gordon ROUND PLAIN Johnston Matthew MILBURN CREEK Cupit Dennis & Barbara TOMBONG Johnstone Lachlan & Delphine LANDS END POLL Darmody Bill, Sharee & Jim WANTANA Jones Russell & Jennifer DARRIWELL + POLL Darmody Chris & Fran NANIMA Karsten Ken KIA-WARRA Davies David WALGROVE Kaveney Frank & Lisa TALLAWONG + POLL Davis Patrick & Andrew DEMONDRILLE Kayess Stewart & Judith UROLEY POLL Dawe Steve MERRIMONT Keary Lola & Peter DANESFORT Dawson Allan & Susan WINYAR + POLL Kelman John KIRKTON Day Malcolm ECHO Kent Rodney KURRAJONG PARK + POLL Derrick James & Sheryl KAROOLA DOWNS POLL Kerin Mark, Kym, Nathan & Brett GULLENGAMBLE + POLL Dickson Jim & Debbie CAROONBOON Kerin Nigel & Kate KERIN POLL Diprose Ralph ROCKLYN King Simon & John AVONSIDE Doak Annette & John EMOH RUO Kingston Robert LOWANNA Doak Bill BOX MOOR Kirk Tom & Kate BUNDEMAR Doherty Neil & Joanne RONJABAR Kopp Neville, Mavis, Garry & Warick TOWALBA + POLL Dowling Andrew & Tarsh KERI KERI Lane Ben PEMBLEGONG Dray Graeme & Delia ULLAMALLA Lane Ben UARDRY/SIMS UARDRY + POLL Duncan Bob, Stuart & Warren DUNEDIN PARK POLL Larwood Phil BUNNERUNGIE POLL Duncan Brendan & Maureen GLEN PARK POLL Leeson Warren & Mavis ANGLEWOOD Dunn Arthur BENDEMEER L’Estrange Peter BELSWICK Eastburn Peter & Jennelle CALEDONIA Lette Peter & Jayne CONRAYN Edwards Brian & Adam TIPPERLINNE Lieschke Peter & Gavin BUNDALEER + POLL Evans Ken, Ann & Paul & Jane TAMBUA POLL Lilburne Ian BLUEBUSH POLL Evans Guy, Anna, Rod & Adrienne TARA PARK Lindsay Rob & Kay CORA LYNN + POLL Fischer Wayne & Jennifer MOUNT NANIMA Lisle David & Kathy, Don & Jane NETHERTON Fleming John DOREEN + POLL Litchfield Jim HAZELDEAN Fletcher Bill, Wendy & James BELLEVUE PARK Locker & Lloyd Sharon & William EAST YARRABIN Fletcher David & Will AUCHEN DHU Lockwood Ian & Wendy HAWKSLEY PARK Fletcher Lee & Ruth MERRYSHIELS Longmire Geoff GLENELG

126 127 NSW CONTACT INDEX CONTACT STUD CONTACT STUD QLD Merino Luff Paul BONTARA Pratley Don NELUNGALOO / OAKBROOK Macarthur Onslow Matt LOONGANA POLL Price Murray & Ian GLEN MAYE MacKay Ron & Buzz LONE PINE Privett Graham GLENLEIGH + POLL Maclean Andy HADDON RIG + POLL Pye Charlie GINGIE Stud Directory 2012-2013 Magill Tony & Alison OVERLAND Rayner Daniel PEGELA Maguire Robert & Dale JILLIBY Rayner Geoff & Robyn POMANARA Maloney Ken SYL-KEN Rayner Max, Andrew & Brooke GRATHLYN / LYNFORD POLL Manwaring John ROSE HILL Rayner Ron GLANNA + POLL Marchant Alan & Heather CARINYA POLL Rees David & Carolyn GUNNERAMBY Martin Leon CHARMAC Ridley Donald PINE HILL Martin Matthew, Cameron & Glenda OLD COBRAN POLL + NO 2 POLL Ritter Peter DUNUMBRAL Maslen James WILLURAH Roberts John & Kathy DUNBOGAN Mathews Len BULGANDRI POLL Roche Neil HOMEWOOD Mathews Rodger & Kim BORAMBIL Rollinson Bob GOOLGUMBLA Maxwell Deborah BELLAINE Roxburgh John CLEAR CREEK McBurnie Stuart, David & Karen WEEALLA + POLL Rubie Glen & Margot LACHLAN MERINOS + POLL McConnell Joyce GLEN EMU POLL Ryan Trevor & Sarah RICHMOND McCormack Alan WALWA Schofield Peter & Helen GLENOAK McCrabb Ken & Mary AVENEL Seaman Gary LOCHNESS McDonald Winston & Sue ROYALLA Seis Colin, Jason & Nick WINONA / WINONA NO 2 McGaw Tony NIELA Sendall Roger & Stuart ROSSMORE McGrath Keith & Lynn BILLA BURRA BURRA + POLL Simpson George YOOROOBLA McIntosh Neville CARRABUNGLA Smith David & Andrena EUDORA POLL McLaren Hamish, Jock & John NERSTANE + POLL Smith Norm & Pip GLENWOOD McLaughlin Jim MERRYANBONE NORTH POLL Smith Robyn GIDYEAONG McLaughlin John MERRYANBONE + POLL Southwell Don & Lyn CARLEON PARK McNeill Peter EUROPAMBELA Southwell Peter & Faye WOODBURN McPhie David & June COTTAGE CREEK Spicer Mavis LUCAS GROVE Merriman Charlie & Jono KOONWARRA Stein Robert KAMERUKA Merriman Charlie & Pip MERRIGNEE + POLL Stephenson Bruce & Laura WOODFIELD POLL Merriman Wally & George MERRYVILLE + POLL Stevenson Albert (Bert) EDEN MOOR Merriman Wally & George MERRYVILLE-MURGHA Stewart James & Janelle MORAY Metcalfe Angus MILONG Sutherland Hugh DEEARGEE POLL Middleton Michael & Shah THE LAGOONS Sutherland John POOGINOOK + POLL Milthorpe David SOMERSET Suttor-Roydhouse Shelley SUTTOR Morris Tony BONANZA Swain Neville & Ben KILPHYSIC Mort Adam & Ann HILLTOP Swain Stephen & Kerry GENANEGIE Mortimer Robert CENTRE PLUS POLL Swords Malcolm & Helen LARABEN POLL Moxham Bomber MULLENGUDGERY + POLL Symons Steve LEMANI Mudford Don & Pamela PARKDALE Taylor Chad, Louise, George & Kerry MUMBLEBONE Munro Cam EGELABRA Ticehurst Alan & Judy STONEY VIEW Munsie Peter, Maryann & Greg KELVIN VALE Tozer Greg & Steve MAIN RANGE Newnham Jack CARA Traill Cecil TUWINGA Nivison Grant, Jo & Jock YALGOO Van Eyk Maurice, Alison & Joe SHALIMAR PARK + POLL Nivison Hugh, Tim & Felicity MIRANI + POLL Walker Barry & Kristiane LEDGERTON Noakes (nee Watts) Kim & Ken KAROWARA PLAINS POLL Walker George & Terry GLENBOWER Norman Ray & Bev GLENRAY Walker Peter, James, Charlie & Jack WOOLAROO O’Keeffe Brennan, Sandy & Deirdrie TOOTHA Wallace David BOOABULA Oppenheimer Martin & Cheryl PETALI POLL Walters Bob & Mikala MIDDLE VIEW + POLL Orr Spike (Grant) GUNDARIMBAH Ward Bob & Gloria ESSEX HILL Ostini Brendan RAVECCHIA + POLL Wass Ian WOODSIDE Overall Daryl & Kim DENILIQUIN STUD PARK POLL Waters David & Angie TARRANGOWER Patrick Ben WOOLLAHRA Waters Mark EDINGTON Peadon James MOORNA Watson David & Tina MAISTER’S SWAMP + POLL Peake Malcolm BOGO + POLL Watson Sue & James SOUTH GREENBANK Pearson Clive & Natasha GLENBROOK Watts Ben & Fiona BRALCA Peart Graham GRASS MERINOS Wells Alistair & Natasha ONE OAK POLL Peden Robert BULLAMALITA + POLL Wells Graham ONE OAK / ONE OAK NO 2 Pendergast Mark & Jodie COTTAGE PARK Wells Ross WILLANDRA + POLL Perry Ian GDONYA POLL Westblade Tim, Rachel & Margaret PASTORA + POLL Peters Geoff & Dianne BALLATHERIE POLL Weston Leon TARADEAN Phillips Don & Thea, Steve & Liz YARRAWONGA + POLL White Andrew HAVILAH NORTH Picker Brett & Susan HILLCRESTON HEIGHTS Whitechurch Jack WENDOUREE Picker Danny & Megan, Trevor & Janet HILLCRESTON PARK + POLL Williams Jim & John THALABAH Picker Trevor & Murray HILLCRESTON Williams Kevin & Yvonne MACARTHUR PARK + POLL Pike Trevor BULLA GULLY Williams Neil YARONG Pilley Mark, Joshua & Fiona EDEN PARK Winter John & Diane WIRRILLA Pippin Tom C LAKE POLL Wise Ray & Margaret KILBURNIE DOWNS Pitson Stuart VALLEY VISTA POLL Woodhouse Gerald MYACK Pittman Paul GLENBURNIE Wright Glenn & Susan NIMALA Pollard Greg WARRANANGA Wythes Phillip & Oliver ROCKDALE Power Murray & Michelle AIRLIE + POLL

128 129 QLD Merino Stud Directory 2012-2013 To update details on the database, contact Mae Edenborough Flock Registrar Phone: 02 9763 2744 Locked Bag 4317 Email: [email protected] Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 Fax: 02 9763 1878

Bullamon Plains A F. No. 964 H L AACC Poll Bullamon Plains Pastoral “Bullamon Plains” Hereward Lansdowne Poll F. No. 829 Thallon 4497 F. No. 3692 F. No. 474 - Poll F. No. 11 Australian Agricultural P: 07 4625 9158 MacKay & MacKay Lansdowne Pastoral Co Ltd College Corp [email protected] “Morella” “Lansdowne” PO Box 470 Longreach 4730 Tambo 4478 Longreach 4730 Bullawarrie P: 07 4658 9186 P: 07 4654 6163 P: 07 4658 4605 [email protected] [email protected] F. No. 379 J.A. Livingston Angle-C “Bullawarrie” Mungindi 2406 J F. No. 4117 P: 02 6756 5193 Jolly Jumbuck Poll M L.J. & C.L. Charles [email protected] Poll F. No. 1363 Mount Ascot “Angle-C” F., C. & L. Brumpton F. No. 3475 Inglewood 4387 “Baynham” R.R.E. & H.G. Brumpton P: 07 4652 4163 Mitchell 4465 “Mount Ascot” C P: 07 4623 1430 Mitchell 4465 Carra [email protected] P: 07 4623 1430 [email protected] B F. No. 745 Barcaldine Downs Carra Pastoral Co “Balmacarra” Murrawondah Poll F. No. 2145 – Poll F. No. 1391 Charleville 4470 Poll F. No. 6 Barcaldine Downs Past Co P/L K P: 07 4654 9155 (Suzi) Karbullah Poll L. & W. Peskett “Barcaldine Downs” [email protected] “Hillview” Barcaldine 4720 Poll F. No.1365 M.C. & V.W. Murphy Cunnamulla 4490 P: 07 4651 1608 P: 07 4655 4926 [email protected] Coban “Karbullah” F. No. 2769 Goondiwindi 4390 Boyanga Peskett & Son P: 07 4676 1729 “Hill View” [email protected] F. No. 4800 Cunnamulla 4490 M.C. & V.W. Murphy R P: 07 4655 4926 Karmala Roselea “Karbullah” Goondiwindi 4390 F. No. 3349 F. No. 2243 – Poll F. No. 218 P: 07 4676 1729 Colanya Poll Jan Lowing Karmala P.R. & L.J. Hacker [email protected] Poll F. No. 1454 MS 223 “Roselea” Colanya Grazing Co Nobby 4360 Muckadilla 4461 Brentwood “Colanya Station” P: 07 4696 3291 P: 07 4626 8313 Longreach 4730 P: 02 6372 1866 [email protected] F. No. 5046 P: 07 4658 9163 [email protected] R.J. & L.J. Sylvester [email protected] www.karmala.com.au 1 Yapunyah Crescent Goondiwindi 4390 P: 07 4671 0880 Coreena T [email protected] F. No. 660 – Poll F. No. 38 Terrick Merinos Coreena Stud Sheep Pty Ltd F. No. 440 PO Box 42 R. & J. Keogh Barcaldine 4725 “Amaroo” P: 07 4651 1142 Blackall 4472 P: 07 4657 5987 [email protected]

128 129 QLD DIRECTORY Wattle Downs Wilgunya F. No. 2740 – Poll F. No. 558 F. No. 3764 V W W.J. & K.S. Huskisson Wilgunya Grazing Co Victoria Downs Wanolga Poll “Wattle Downs” “Wilgunya” F. No. 100 – Poll F. No. 131 Poll F. No. 981 The Gums 4406 Dirranbandi 4486 M.N., W.L. & N.M. Roberts P.K. & L.M. Brosnan P: 07 4665 9129 P: 07 4625 8214 “Victoria Downs” MS 13 [email protected] [email protected] Morven 4468 Thallon 4497 www.wilgunyamerinostud.com P: 07 4654 8118 P: 07 4625 9196 Well Gully Poll [email protected] Poll F. No. 1106 Wyambeh Poll Warroo Station Brumpton Quality Wool Poll F. No. 1343 F. No. 4913 Australia Pty Ltd Wyambeh Partnership Warroo Station “Well Gully” “Wyambeh”, MS 1111 “Warroo Station” Mitchell 4465 Roma 4455 Inglewood 4387 P: 02 07 4623 1170 P: 07 4626 5454 P: 07 4652 4148 wellgullymerinos@ peter.campbell53@ [email protected] bigpond.com bigpond.com QLD Contact Index CONTACT STUD CONTACT STUD Brosnan Lila WANOLGA POLL Lowing Jan KARMALA Brumpton Errol & Candy WELL GULLY POLL MacKay Peter HEREWARD Brumpton Felicity, Charles & Lachlan JOLLY JUMBUCK POLL McQueen Suzi CARRA Brumpton Nigel & Rosemary MOUNT ASCOT Miller Wally COREENA + POLL Campbell Peter WYAMBEH POLL Murphy Mark & Vicki KARBULLAH POLL + BOYANGA Charles Lyndon ANGLE-C Peskett Bill & Lorna (Poss) COBAN + MURRAWONDAH POLL Earle Andrew (manager) BULLAWARRIE Roberts Will & Narda VICTORIA DOWNS + POLL Ferguson Duncan (manager) BARCALDINE DOWNS + POLL Scott Peter AACC POLL Goodrich Bim WARROO STATION Sylvester Robert & Lisa BRENTWOOD Hacker Peter & Linda ROSELEA + POLL Turnbull Hume LANSDOWNE + POLL Hegarty Pat & Sue COLANYA POLL Willis Bill BULLAMON PLAINS Huskisson Bill, Loma & Karen WATTLE DOWNS + POLL Wilson Max & Heather WILGUNYA Keogh Richard & Jennifer TERRICK MERINOS DEAD FAST. Advertiser Index STUD COMMERCIAL Adina ...... 20 Mount Ascot ...... 85 Australian Knitting Mills ...... 49 Barcaldine Downs ...... 76 Nerstane ...... 51 Ausfine ...... 99 DEAD E A SY. Bellaine ...... 23 One Oak ...... 9 Australian Wool Network ...... 90 Billa Burra Burra ...... 22 Otterbourne ...... 19 AWI Wool Clip ...... 12 Blaxland ...... 57 Pemcaw ...... 59 Australian Wool Innovation ...... 111 Extinosad® Pour-On is Australia’s largest selling lice control for sheep. Bocoble ...... 64 Pooginook ...... 21 AWTA Limited ...... 101 Bontara ...... 13 Poll Boonoke ...... 63 Bayer – Avenge ...... 88-89 � Knockdown control of lice Burragundy ...... 61 Rabobank National, Dubbo ...... 4 Bayer Better Choices ...... 66-67 � 1 Centre Plus ...... 11 Roseville Park ...... 29 Bluechip Livestock ...... 30 Kills resistant strains Conrayn ...... 41 Royalla ...... 47 Coopers – Maverick ...... 132 � Off-shears, long wool and unshorn lambs Cora Lynn ...... 26 Stillbrook ...... 32 Elanco – Extinosad ...... 131 Darriwell ...... 18 Stoney View ...... 6/35 Elders ...... 2 � Nil wool WHP and minimal ESI Demondrille ...... 27 Tara Park ...... 25 Fabstock ...... 107 Grassy Creek ...... 49 Uardry ...... 33 Four Season Company ...... 58 � Low volume, water based formulation Greenland ...... 43 Walwa ...... 65 Landmark ...... 109 Grogansworth ...... 8 Wanganella ...... 63 Moses & Son ...... 30 For more information contact your reseller or Elanco Animal Health on Karmala ...... 81 Wattle Downs ...... 87 Novartis – Zolvix ...... 34 1800 226 324 or visit www.elanco.com.au Karoola Downs Poll ...... 39 Well Gully ...... 80 Olsson Industries – Sheep Tranz ...... 74 Koonwarra ...... 53 Willandra ...... 45 Outcross Media ...... 60 Lachlan Merinos ...... 17 Wilgunya ...... 83 Riverina Wool ...... 24 Langdene ...... 48 Woodpark Poll ...... 73 Riverina Wool Testers ...... 56 Merrignee ...... 53 Yarrawonga ...... 54 Schute Bell Badgery Lumby ...... 62 Middle View ...... 14 The Land ...... 40 Midstate Merino Field Days ...... 7 Thermoskin ...... 46

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