Image: Shropshire Sheep • p166 • Brett's Colonists' Guide 1883
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Description: The Shropshire sheep has the ability to thrive in all conditions and have fine thick-set wool which is long, heavy and glossy. From "Brett's Colonists' Guide," p166, a handbook of useful knowledge for European settlers in New Zealand, who were not used to southern hemisphere seasons and needed to learn a wide range of new farming skills.
Title: Shropshire Sheep • p166 • Brett's Colonists' Guide 1883
Credit: Leys, Thomson W. (1883). Brett's Colonists' Guide and Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge. Auckland: H. Brett. Evening Star office, Wyndham Street.
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