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Wed. Mar. 11
Kingdon came to draft fat sheep - we mustered the 300 2-tooth wethers (last winter's hoggarts) (sic) + he picked out 189. He also went through fat cull ewes + got 58. The prices are to be 120 wethers at £1. 69 wethers at 19/6 + 58 ewes at 17/-. These are magnificent prices and the best father has got for fat shorn sheep. Afterwards we drafted last seasons (sic) "UK" ewes + drafted into "medium", "old" and a few young ewes for the coming season. Of these we dipped
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the "mediums" + "old" lots. Mrs CK. Wilson came to tea + Mr CK. Wilson M.P. + "Tiny" Freyberg to spend evening.
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