20 BULLETIN 313, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



COEEIEDALE FLOCK. THE PROPERTY OF THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA LAND 



CO. (LTD.) 



This flock was founded by Mr. W. S. Davidson, at the New Zealand and 

 Australian Land Co.'s Levels Estate, in 1874. One thousand Merino ewes were 

 put to Lincoln rams, and out of the produce of these ewes 150 half-bred ewes 

 were selected for mating with rams, also out of the same ewes. 



Since 1874 the progeny of these ewes have been inbred with rams out of the 



same flock. The only outside blood introduced was a ram bought in 1892 from 



Mr. Tanner, Hawke's Bay (who had then an inbred flock started about the 



same time as the Levels Estate flock), and one ram from Messrs. Reid Bros., 



Darfield, in 1902, but these two rams were very slightly used. In 1904, when the 



New Zealand and Australian Land Co. gave up the Levels Estate for closer 



settlement, some of the Levels Estate Corriedale flock was transferred to the 



New Zealand and Australian Land Co.'s Moeraki Estate at Hampden, where 



its breeding has been continued on the same lines as in previous years, and no 



outside blood has been introduced into the flock since it was transferred to that 



property. 



Returns for 1911. 



Ewes, four-tooth and over, put to ram 391 



Shearing ewes from own flock put to ram 500 



Total : 502 



Lambs bred in 1910— Rams, 231 ; ewes, 257. 

 Sires used in 1911, bred by owner. 

 Rams sold— Two-tooth, 223; four-tooth, 4. 



CORRIEDALE FLOCK. THE PROPERTY OF C. H. ENSOR. 



This flock was founded by the late Charles Ensor, of Mount Grey, in the 

 year 1889, by mating fine-combing stud Merino ewes with English Leicester stud 

 rams. The progeny were then inbred for a number of years, the only outside 

 blood used being rams from the New Zealand and Australian Land Co.'s (Lev- 

 els) Corriedale flock, and later from the same flock but bred on the company's 

 Moeraki Estate. The leading sires have been bred in the flock. 



In 1901 the flock passed into the hands of Ensor Bros., who continued to 

 carry on the flock and to follow the lines of breeding of the founder. 



In 1906 and the following year nearly the whole flock became the property of 

 C. H. Ensor. It was then removed to Mount Grey, White Rock. 



Returns for 1911. 



Ewes, four-tooth and over, put to ram 2, 100 



Shearling ewes from own flock put to ram 500 



Total 2,600 



Lambs bred in 1910— Rams, 1.0S0 ; ewes, 1,150. 



Sires used in 1911, " Quality," " Premier 4th," " Model," " Jimmy," and others 

 bred by owner ; " Samson," bred by New Zealand and Australian Land Co. ; 

 others bred by G. D. Greenwood and C. N. Orbell. 



Rams sold — Two-tooth, 419 ; four-tooth, 20. 



As to the Merino's share in forming the Corriedale there need be 

 no question. It would be impossible to state accurately whether the 

 breed is indebted most to the English Leicester or to the Lincoln. 

 The question is not of great moment, since the Lincoln was itself 

 improved by the English Leicester at one time. In the English 



