Overview
Thurs. Decr. 12
Percy, Clif + I rode up to Sonoma - mustered Leighton p[addock] into sheep-yards + drafted out about 35 wooly sheep that had got mixed with the shorn hoggets + rams. After dinner drove home my ewes + lambs without mishap + put them in far 42. Tallies:-
Beginning of season
Ewes 392
Hgts [Hoggets]85
Rams 13
490
This date:-
Br. Ewes + Hgts [hoggets] (mustered) 359
" " (shorn) 11
Ewe Hgts (shorn) 69
Rams (shorn) 13
left behind + with Mr Kay 2
471
19 missing
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Very pleased to get the flock down as the biddy has begun to slick.
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