Challenging the Merino

By Stephen Burns
August 1 2020 - 6:00pm
Sir Walter Merriman, knighted in 1954 for services to the wool industry. Photo: Wal Merriman
Sir Walter Merriman, knighted in 1954 for services to the wool industry. Photo: Wal Merriman
Art Collins - 'What we have achieved is a big, robust animal with bulky fleece of 60-58s quality. It is a long-stapled, shafty fleece.'
Art Collins - 'What we have achieved is a big, robust animal with bulky fleece of 60-58s quality. It is a long-stapled, shafty fleece.'
Challenging the Merino
Challenging the Merino
Pictured Above: Tom Culley at Wonga, Jerilderie in the early 1960s with a selection of stud rams showing the magnificent productive capacity for which his sheep were recognised. Photo: Elaine Worgan
Pictured Above: Tom Culley at Wonga, Jerilderie in the early 1960s with a selection of stud rams showing the magnificent productive capacity for which his sheep were recognised. Photo: Elaine Worgan
PICTURED LEFT: Tom Culley master breeder of soft handling strong wool fleeces. Photo: Elaine Worgan. PICTURED BELOW: Walter Merriman purchased the hugely influential ram Sir Francis in 1917.
PICTURED LEFT: Tom Culley master breeder of soft handling strong wool fleeces. Photo: Elaine Worgan. PICTURED BELOW: Walter Merriman purchased the hugely influential ram Sir Francis in 1917.

In 1988 the NSW Stud Merino Breeders conducted a poll inviting wool growers to submit their list of the all-time Merino breeders who have had the most lasting influence on the Australian flock.

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