Stud Sires
The 8 Collinsville sires purchased recently have grown into real sires - the type of Merinos that the West needs: big, correct, fertile, soft wools, and able to walk and thrive.
All Alma sires have to be large-framed, with comfort factor in excess of 98.5, and (in a normal season) be grown out on saltbush without supplementary feed.
Lot 30 (left), lot 11 (right)
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Lot 30 (back), lot 11 (front)
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Purchased at the Collinsville ram sale October 2002, for equal top price $7250, lot 11: a huge ram with above average rump (see photo).
Test results: FD 19.9, comfort factor 99.7.
Lot 30: $3250, a long, wide ram with crimpy wool and upright stance.
Collinsville sires
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"The working end of Alma sires"
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