DT & HMV DALLA. We welcome you to Orrie Cowie s 52 nd Annual Field Day and Ram Auction and invite your inspection. NOTES MERINOS FOR PROFIT

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1 NOTES MERINOS FOR PROFIT DT & HMV DALLA Breeding Merinos for profit * Merino fleece wool of the highest quality and lowest possible micron * Merino sheep maturing quickly, fertile, easy care, easy shearing and high quality meat * Merino lambs with extra low micron, high value wool, ready for slaughter with a minimum of fuss Breeding Merinos for the future * Plain skins, large frames and sound constitution and rapid early growth rates * Low micron, heavy cutting fleeces * Well nourished, bright, stylish, soft handling wools * Productive sheep with minimal production costs Building on a solid foundation Mr T.A. Murdoch started the Orrie Cowie flock in 1937 with mated Kalabity ewes, selecting animals with open faces, sound backs and nourished, heavy cutting fleeces. Average ewe fleece weights increased from 4.3 kg to 5.7kg and yields increased to 60% as dust penetration decreased. His son Mr Vic Murdoch continued selecting breeding stock with large frames and superior wool quality and cut. He added a draft of mated Brewarrina ewes (low micron, Peppin blood) to the flock. Adult ewe wool cuts increased to 6.8kg and today cutting 9kg of stylish white, super soft-handling fleece of 21µm measuring 130mm in a very good year. The Merino stud was registered in 1965 and the Poll Merino stud registered in In 1999 Vic s son-in-law and daughter, Dennis and Heather Dalla purchased the Orrie Cowie Merino stud and a third of the Poll Merino stud. They continue to select Australia s best breeding stock, knowing the value of the Orrie Cowie elite wool qualities in reducing dust penetration, fleece rot and incidence of flystrike. We welcome you to Orrie Cowie s 52 nd Annual Field Day and Ram Auction and invite your inspection. N.B. MERINOS FOR PROFIT is a registered trademark for participating breeders OJD-MN3 status and fully vaccinated against OJD, and Brucellosis accredited Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

2 FLEECE and PRODUCTION MEASUREMENTS EXPLAINED 1. FIBRE DIAMETER (FD) - This is the measurement of the average diameter of 2000 fibres, taken at random from a mid-side sample. Measured in microns (µ) using the latest AWTA approved Laserscan machine. 2. STANDARD DEVIATION (SD) Measures in microns the spread of fibres either side of the mean FD in which 68% (two-thirds) of the fibre lie. The lower the SD the more uniform the wool. 3. COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV) Measures the spread of fibre diameter variation relative to the average fibre diameter of the sample as a percentage. CV can be used to compare wools of different micron averages in terms of fibre distribution. A lower CV is more desirable. The national flock average is 24.7%. 4. COMFORT FACTOR (CF) This is a measurement of the wool fibres in a sample which are less than 30 microns (µ), and expressed as a percentage viz. 98% and above is very good. 5. BODY WRINKLE SCORE (BWS) Classer s assessment of the degree of body wrinkle or plainness with 1 being very plain and thin; and 4 heavier and thicker. 6. WOOL QUALITY INDEX (WI) This is an estimate of the expected performance of the fleece under prolonged wet or extremely dusty conditions. Rating 1-6 with 6 being of excellent quality. NB: This index has changed due to a need for more scope in precisely assessing the better quality wools. 7. FAT Ultrasound measurement of back fat depth in mm. 8. EMD Ultrasound measurement of eye muscle depth in mm giving an indication of carcase quality. The higher the measurement the bigger the eye muscle. 9. SC Scrotal circumference measured in cm. This is an indication of the fertility of the ram s daughters. 10. BODY WEIGHT (BW) The body weight of the ram measured in kg (using electronic scales), accurate to 0.5kg. Looking for a more involved accountant? One that knows farming and understands accounting for McCarthy Ad primary producers TALK TO US! We specialize in rural accounting and small business and we can visit you! FORD McCARTHY & ASSOCIATES 19 Warooka Road, Yorketown ~ Ellen Street, Moonta ~ Master Street, Riverton ~ Grange Road, Flinders Park ~ (Head Office) Orrie Cowie Ram Sale Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017

3 Eye Muscle Depth Scanning Wool Sample & Fleece Testing Specializing in SGA & Personalized Client Reports. Ian Bradtke: PMB 15, PETERBOROUGH SA 5422 OFFM quality assurance Accreditation no Tel: Fax: Mobile: Free Wool Tests to the Highest Priced Ram Buyer RESERVES TAG SIRE av F.D. S.D. C.V. C.F. BWS/WI BW % % kg Fleece tests taken June 2017, AWTA tests taken 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July 2017 Regulation MARCH SHORN POLL (M3295) Titan / Dam: Exceller (poll). Born 5 th April AI bred. Exceptional growth rate, making him very long and deep. Excellent feet. Perfectly clean, open face with soft muzzle. Very crimpy white waxy fleece all over. Good poll factor. His lambs are absolutely outstanding, probably the best in the drop so far. HORN (M3253) Trojan / Dam: Pearler. Born 20 th January 2016 Absolutely perfect face and horn set. Super soft and pure muzzle. Heavy bone and deep side. Exceptional elite quality medium wool (with great density & fibre alignment is near perfect. Will cut a heap. His lambs have extra great skins Regulation AUGUST SHORN HORN (A0135) Trojan / Achilles. Born 15 th July Exceptional quality medium wool. Pearly white and waxy, no squint, elite crimp. Great open face & excellent horn setting. Stands square & deep with great feet and pasterns. POLL (A0086) Eclipse / Dam: Regal ET bred. Born 15 th July Unbelievable growth and size for age. Magnificent crimpy, nourished, well-aligned pure white fleece with long staple. Structural excellent and showing fantastic carcase traits Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

4 STUD MASTERS COMMENTS May I take this opportunity to commend this year s offering to you. Here at Orrie Cowie we are aiming to maintain free-growing, long staple skins to help increase the wool cut of our sires on offer. We are breeding a 21µm average and so most rams on offer measure between 19-22µm, of crimpy white nourished wool. This should help you as woolgrowers to best meet the current market demands for wool. To add to this trend we are always selecting for good big rumps and deep sides obviously aiming for good-doing ability and better performing lambs. Also at Orrie Cowie we are actively selecting for ability to reproduce by joining for only 35 days and culling out any females with more than one dry season in their lifetime, including not rearing a lamb for whatever reason. Tough, I know but we are actively pushing for better results every year to help you get better returns. Please avail yourselves of this quality line-up, and ask about some of our new and exciting family lines. There are more polls available this year, and more rams in the auction. All ram s fleeces sampled and tested June 2017, bodyweights taken mid- July May I suggest that considering the unprecedented buoyant state of both the meat and wool markets, if you would like to improve your flock more quickly than normal, or you are breeding a few rams, you may consider the use of semen from Orrie Cowie proven sires. Availability to commercial breeders is totally unrestricted (you can start right at the top if you want) and price by negotiation can be very reasonable. Expect about 70% of ewes to get pregnant. AI is a very good way to improve your flock in just one generation. This year the top REDWOOD White Suffolk rams will be offered alongside the Merinos with an aim to integrate meat production (either merino or crossbred) using heavy cutting, big frame merino ewes. Please consider these quality rams which have been bred to complement your merino breeding operation. The rams selected are the top performers of the drop. All have been selected for long well-fleshed bodies and very white, good combing wools. All have been weighed and muscle scanned to help with selection. Sires used between at Orrie Cowie MP Grand champion March shorn ram in Adelaide. Bred by Moorundie Park and sold to Blue Hills Stud for 28,000. Large-framed poll ram with terrific crimpy bold medium wool. Pearler 980 An artificially bred poll sire, retained by Orrie Cowie for stud breeding. A well-structured ram with magnificent crimpy medium wool, with wool cutting ability in the elite of the whole merino industry. Heavily nourished. Sampson bred by Collinsville from Star affair 484. A massive young ram, with exceptional early growth and bone: carrying a crimpy high yielding wool. Solomon a big structurally correct strong wool poll sire. Silky a superb white woolled, heavy cutting poll ram growing to 145kg and cut 16.5kg. Titan SA Ram of the Year in Also 2014 Grand Champion August Shorn Poll Ram, Sydney Royal Show; 2014 Grand Champion Poll Ram, Royal Adelaide show. Sold at Dubbo National Show for the top price of the sale at 25,000. Test July 2014: 21.4µm FD, 3.4µmSD, 15.9%CV, 99.6% CF at 160kg BW. Cut a magnificent, 20kg of wool after Adelaide and having worked several times in that fleece. Certainly, use of semen is highly recommended Trojan the biggest ram ever bred at Orrie Cowie, reaching over 170kg at 26 months, with a pure white waxy fleece measuring only 19µm. He is sired by Promoter 181 (see above). He has bred some incredible progeny wherever his semen has been used. V8 A poll with crimpy, rich, medium wool bred by West Plains Poll and used widely around Australia. All the best with your purchases and thank you for choosing Orrie Cowie and Redwood. 4 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

5 Sires used between at Orrie Cowie Columbus Collinsville Prince 486. Sold in 2016, to East Mundulla Stud. He is a beautifully crimped medium wool with terrific nourishment. Coronation 141 a very well-balanced productive ram bred out of the famous Coronation family. Earle 21- Poll bred from our famous Exceller family with lots of quality wool. He has bred many rams of distinction. Eclipse purchased for 28,000. An elite woolled sire with superb nourished, white crimpy 60 s quality. He has a magnificent square rump and has bred extremely well. Eclipse 048 son of Eclipse, sold in 2015 to a WA studbreeder for 12,000. Super stapley, elite bold medium wool, with great bone, structure and doing ability. Eclipse stud reserve sired by Eclipse. He has super elite crimpy medium wool. Exceller this quality wool sire OC has exceptional wool on a very plain body. His father was a Glen Park Merino born out of a sound Collinsville ewe base using Charinga Doc as the sire. This ram has undoubtedly bred the best wools ever seen at Orrie Cowie. Exceller 026 a young sire by Exceller 108. He has sired OC Exceller100 who is retained at stud, and has one of the most magnificent wools you will ever see. Exceller 488 sold in 2016 for 15,000. Structurally magnificent with terrific barrel Carrying elite quality strong wool. Excellent nourishment. Exceller 556 a super elite wool with the body weight and sire presence to go with it. He was 140kg by July in his second year. He has proven to be a highly influential pure poll sire. Flinders Nep 16 is a reserve from the Nepowie Stud in Narrogin WA, purchased by Heather, Tim and John for 16,000 and proving well worth every cent. He is breeding tall, long heavy-bodied impressive young rams, with tremendous early growth rate. Gld 0.5 A very long and tall ram with quality medium wool and heavy bone. Certainly has potential to breed on. Imperial a poll family breeding massive, well-structured lambs with crimpy heavy cutting strong wools. M222 one of the most consistent breeding top horn sire at Orrie Cowie. A massive ram carrying elite medium wool, used all over Aust. M91 a well-balanced poll ram with terrific structure and bone, carrying a long-stapled, nourished bold-crimping wool. Majestic 623 a huge grandson of Collinsville Majestic, carrying a crimpy 58 s, nourished wool. Marcus another terrific young poll ram from an old family. Large framed with terrific pure white wool. McLeod 968 a top young poll sire with fantastic structure and doing-ability, carrying a lovely medium, nourished white wool. Mercinary a big barreled 150kg poll ram carrying super crimpy, long-stapled wool. He won Supreme exhibit at 2015 Sydney Royal Show. AUCTION POLLS: Spring 2015 drop. Regulation AUGUST SHORN Fleece tests taken end of June 2017, AWTA tests taken 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July Titan (ET) / (A0085) D.O.B. April 15 th Massive strong wool with super staple and topline, legs and feet. Will certainly breed lambs with rapid early growth Pearler / (A0068) D.O.B. 20 th May Extra free-growing, super nourished, big barrel, good feet and legs. Very heavy cutting. A real impressive ram of elite quality Titan / (A0075) D.O.B. Oct Very nourished, heavy cutting bold medium fleece, Very good stance and outlook, long body. Heavy cutter. Stud sire Alfoxton / (A0093) D.O.B. 8 th Sept Magnificent long-stapled, soft white crimpy wool. Big deep barrel. Stud potential for medium wool Maj / (A0065) D.O.B. 1 st Sept Exceptionally good quality strong wool, white, crimpy & wellaligned. High yielding. Excellent stance. Shorn 6 weeks later. Obvious ability to breed rams Maj / (A0100) D.O.B. 1 st Sept Great long stapled, nourished, strong wool on a very free skin. Long body Maj / (A0081) D.O.B. late Sept 2015 (younger). Beautiful bold medium, white nourished wool. Stands very square with deep barrel McLeod / (A0066) D.O.B. late Sept 2015 (younger). Super nourished medium wool, soft and longstaple so will cuts heaps of wool Eclipse / (A0084) D.O.B. 24 th Sept Superb stud wool of pure white medium wool. Super soft handle. Lovely make, shape & cover. Wool all over with perfectly pure face. Great stud potential Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

6 AUCTION POLLS: Spring 2015 drop. Regulation AUGUST SHORN Fleece tests taken end of June 2017, AWTA tests taken on 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July Alfoxton / D.O.B. mid Sept Good staple, great crimp off the skin, very nourished. Square and plain V / D.O.B. early Sept Long staple, high yielding medium wool. Great barrel with heavy bone and excellent feet. HORNS: Spring 2015 drop. Regulation AUGUST SHORN ALL RAMS SOLD ARE SUBJECT TO 100% SEMEN MARKETING RIGHTS RETAINED BY ORRIE COWIE, EXCEPT BY WRITTEN NEGOTIATION This year s offering are March shorn with some August shorn. Most of these are fully paddock reared, with a few top show rams shedded out of the worst dust and rain to maintain a cleaner tip and fleece for your appreciation. In the selection of rams for dusty conditions, especially on Yorke Peninsula, obvious nourishment is important to help maintain good yields and quality white fleece wool. White waxy nourishment, soft-handling, bright white fleece wools are the Hallmark of Orrie Cowie bred sheep McLeod / (A0060) D.O.B. late May Exceptional quality nourished medium wool, great density and soft, pure white wool. Open face and good horns, feet and legs. Excellent sire potential. 6 weeks later shorn Trojan / (A0059) D.O.B. 24 th Sept Elite pedigree. Outstanding well-aligned strong wool. Deep side. Plenty of staple Pearler / (A0083) D.O.B. 24 th Sept Superb quality, long-stapled medium fleece. White and nourished Exceller / D.O.B. early Sept Big, long-bodied well-structured ram. Pure white crimpy medium wool with plenty of cut. Great cover and stance Exceller / D.O.B. Sept Good looking medium wool of exceptional softness. Stands up very well. 6 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

7 PRIME LAMB SIRES AUCTION consistently breeding great prime lambs Scanned for eye muscle depth, fat cover and body weight and scrotal circumference. The latter has an important relationship with fertility in ewe hoggets bred, if applicable. NB: Body weight and scan results for muscle, fat and scrotal circumference will be displayed on lot cards LOT TAG BW kg SC cm FAT mm EMD mm REDWOOD Poll Dorset Rams: June 2016 drop AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MARCH SHORN Fleece tests taken end of June 2017, AWTA tests taken from 3 months wool growth on 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July Mercinary / (M3259) D.O.B. 5 th April 2016 AI dam. Silky soft face. Sire potential. Well-balanced and well let down with open head. Very free growing crimpy soft white fleece Pearler / (M3275) D.O.B. early May Soft wide muzzle. Great balance and structure, very meaty rump like his father. Very deep crimpy white nourished, heavy-cutting fleece. Great outlook Earle / (M3269) D.O.B. June Superb elite medium wool with long staple & crimp with cut. His lambs of stud standard Flinders / (M3286) D.O.B. 1 st April Pure white, perfectly crimped, nourished fleece on a well-balanced body, good bone and carcase. ET bred. Dam: Tara Pearler / (M3256) D.O.B.1 st May Exceptional purity and softness. Perfectly crimped, pure white nourished fleece. Good meaty body Mercinary / (M3285) D.O.B. 5 th April Great meaty body with deep barrel. Pure clean soft face. Deeply crimped, nourished white wool. Will be a heavy cutter Exceller / (M3279) D.O.B. end May Tall and long, heavy-cutting, gutsy strong wool. Nourished, white and well-defined crimp Pearler / (M3287) D.O.B. 1 st April Very high quality fine-medium nourished fleece. Tall & long. ET bred, Dam: Prince 22 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

8 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MARCH SHORN Lot TAG SIRE av F.D. S.D. C.V. C.F. YLD BWS/WI BW No. % % % kg Fleece tests taken end of June 2017, AWTA tests taken from 3 months wool growth on 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July Pearler / (M3291) D.O.B. 1 st April Huge meaty body, early maturing. Plenty of fine/medium nourished fleece. ET bred, dam: Exceller Titan / (M3267) D.O.B. 5 th April Tall & long like his father. Very white, crimpy nourished strong wool Sampson / (M3251) D.O.B. 5 th April Big, long, tall & square. Very white quality medium wool. Sire potential. AI bred, Dam: V McLeod / (M3278) D.O.B. early May Meaty body with crimpy medium wool Eclipse / D.O.B. 5 th April Very pure, high yielding perfectly crimped medium wool. Great early growth rate. Deep side. AI bred Trojan / D.O.B. 5 th April Long & tall, good stance. Long-stapled crimpy medium wool. AI bred Titan / (M3300) D.O.B. 5 th April Big meaty ram like his father. Well- marked strong wool Titan / D.O.B. 5 th April Good barrel. A bit heavier cutting than most. Bold medium fleece Columbus / Triplet born and raised. Long and tall. Well-defined long stapled strong wool Marcus / D.O.B. end April Big & square, meaty with plenty of soft crimpy strong wool M / Born early May. Square and Meaty. Heavy cutting soft strong wool Silky / Magnificent heavy cutting sheep with great scale & structure 8 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 PRIME LAMB SIRES AUCTION consistently breeding great prime lambs Scanned for eye muscle depth, fat cover and body weight and scrotal circumference. The latter has an important relationship with fertility in ewe hoggets bred, if applicable. NB: Body weight and scan results for muscle, fat and scrotal circumference will be displayed on lot cards LOT TAG BW kg SC cm FAT mm EMD mm REDWOOD White Suffolk Rams: May 2016 drop Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

9 PRIME LAMB SIRES AUCTION consistently breeding great prime lambs Scanned for eye muscle depth, fat cover and body weight and scrotal circumference. The latter has an important relationship with fertility in ewe hoggets bred, if applicable. NB: Body weight and scan results for muscle, fat and scrotal circumference will be displayed on lot cards LOT TAG BW kg SC cm FAT mm EMD mm REDWOOD White Suffolk Rams: May 2016 drop AUCTION HORNS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MARCH SHORN Fleece tests taken end of June 2017, AWTA tests taken from 3 months wool growth on 1 st June 2017, BW taken 9 th July Trojan / (M3268) born 5 th April Extremely tall & long, destined to be as big as his father. Superb quality pearly white medium wool real stud potential. AI bred Sampson / (M3277) born 5 th April Tall & long. Heavy bone. Quality fine/medium wool. Wellcovered Coronation / (M3261) born May Very meaty, big ram with extra long-stapled nourished white fleece. Real sire potential Titan / Born 5 th April Tall, long and deep, heavy bone. Long stapled crimpy strong wool Trojan / Very nourished, quality white waxy, crimpy wool Trojan / (M3264) heavy-cutting, nourished, pure white, waxy medium wool. Great head & horns Exceller / (M3282) Quality medium fleece with lots of staple & whiteness Exceller / Heavy cutting high yielding medium wool Exceller / (M3255) Well- made sheep with pure white fine wool. A real potential champion like his sire Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

10 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MARCH SHORN Marcus / Tall and long with high-yielding medium wool Exceller / Born: end of May. Quality, crimpy, bold medium wool McLeod / Meaty ram with very good quality medium wool Marcus / Heavy-cutting, extra nourished medium wool Exceller / (M3253) Very good quality, very nourished medium wool on a square meaty body Mercinary / Good bone, very high quality medium wool with extra staple Mercinary / Elite quality medium wool with style Rudi / Heavy cutting strong wool M / Stapley, soft medium/strong wool with cut Marcus / Free-growing quality medium wool M / Very crimpy, white, nourished strong wool 10 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 AUCTION HORNS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Exceller / Big, nourished, bright 60 s quality Titan / Long-bodied nourished 58 s Exceller / Exceptional quality fine/medium wool Gld / Heavy bone,tall, quality medium wool Sampson / Long body with soft medium wool M / Big meaty sheep with high-yielding medium wool PB 2/ Elite quality 58 s wool Goliath / Heavy cutting, medium wool Coronation / Super nourished elite medium wool M / Quality strong wool 19-Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017

11 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Marcus / Nourished medium wool Exceller / Nourished, elite medium wool Pearler 1/ High quality medium wool Mercinary / High-yielding crimpy 60 s wool Mcleod / Heavy-cutting, nourished medium wool Exceller / Soft, nourished medium wool Eclipse / Elite nourished medium wool. PLEASE NOTE All rams are carrying the following current health status. 1. OJD MN3 Vax + PIC tag + PFC Abattoir Surv Brucellosis accredited flocks 3. Drenched with Startect July Avenge treated off-shears and not aware of any contact with lice 5. Pfizer Glanvac 6 booster injection x 1ml (twice as lambs) + adult booster July Rumen bullets of Cobalt and Selenium deposited as lambs (3 year label activity) AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Maj / Massive meaty sheep with crimpy bright 58 s Marcus / Big, square with lustrous nourished 58 s Eclipse / Nourished, crimpy 58 s Marcus / Heavy cutting nourished 60 s quality Pearler / Heavy cutting nourished 60 s quality Marcus / Very nourished quality medium wool Eclipse / Elite, very nourished medium wool Pearler / Very nourished, very soft medium wool Marcus / Quality medium/strong, heavy-cutting wool Eclipse / Lustrous, nourished wool M / Free-growing nourished 58 s 18 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

12 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Columbus / Good scale and size, crimpy 58 s Maj / Upstanding ram, nourished strong wool Eclipse / Quality nourished medium wool M / Deep side, free-growing 60 s wool Maj / Nourished, crimpy 60 s wool with good outlook MP / Elite quality 58 s Pearler / Long body, richly nourished strong wool Pearler / Heavy cutting fine/medium (64 s) wool M / Very bright, nourished medium/strong wool Titan / Good barrel carrying a crimpy 58 s wool Solomon / Great meaty carcase Maj / Good bone and structure, crimpy 58 s 12 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Solomon / Good barrel and rump with medium wool Marcus / Big, productive, 60 s quality wool Maj / Nourished, heavy cutter Exceller / Heavy cutting strong wool Marcus / High yielding, pure, medium wool Marcus / Nourished soft 60 s wool ` Duke / Long-bodied, 58 s wool Silky / Heavy-cutting, elite medium wool Pearler / Nourished 64 s Marcus / Soft, high-yielding 60 s quality wool Imperial / Quality medium wool Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

13 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN MP / Very attractive medium wool Marcus / Heavy-cutting crimpy 60 s wool Pearler / Plenty of nourished medium wool McLeod / Very square with quality 58 s wool Marcus / Richly nourished strong wool Trojan / Elite nourished medium wool Solomon / Meaty with a big barrel, nourished and free-growing M / Very nourished 58 s wool, good body Columbus / White, nourished medium wool Solomon / Nourished 60 s wool Marcus / Heavy-cutting medium wool 16 - Orrie Cowie Ram Sale 2017 AUCTION POLLS: April/May 2016 drop. Regulation MID-MAY SHORN Maj / Long body with soft medium wool McLeod (968) / Long body, heavy bone, nourished 60 s Maj / Nourished crimpy strong wool Exceller (Marcus) / Meaty body with soft medium wool Solomon / Good barrel, nourished 64 s, soft, fine wool Exceller (Marcus) / Nourished elite medium wool Eclipse / Long body with high yielding 58 s wool Eclipse / Nourished, very crimpy strong wool Exceller (Marcus) / Long-stapled, nourished strong wool Columbus / (triplet reared) Nourished medium wool McLeod / Richly nourished wool Eclipse / Elite quality, fine/medium wool Orrie Cowie Ram Sale

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15 ORRIE COWIE POLL MERINO & MERINOS FIFTY-SECOND Annual Field Day & Ram Auction Wednesday, 9 th August, 2017 at 1.00 p.m. D.T. & H.M.V. DALLA PO BOX 178, WAROOKA SA 5577 DENNIS DALLA : HEATHER DALLA : PHONE : FAX orriecowie@bigpond.com WEBSITE :