Overview
Fri. Oct. 1.
Up early. Put up wire netting from sheep-yards to whare as a lead-in. Walked to hilltop via Middle Spur + started mustering south end. I found another dead steer, too long dead to be identified but probably a roan or dark jersey, in the head of a little gully near top (north side) of Trunk Spur. This is one of the 9 missing steers. Cleared "2nd burn" + mustered all
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sheep down to 100 acre p[addock] by the time Father, Andy + Jack arrived. Had a great deal of trouble getting lambs into Ram p. Finished docking by 2.30. Ewes mustered 221, lambs 194. Summary as follows:-
Ewes mustered 351, mustered 7, dead 5, missing 7, 370
Lambs docked 302, not docked 8, 310
Total percentage to date:- 83.7%
Put ewes + lambs back on South end. Before Father + Andy left they helped us roll a hollow hinau for crossing over stream just south of Main Ravine. Jack + I finished putting battens on 100 acre p. east fence between Main + Boulder Spur gateways.
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