Historical information

This item is part of a group of five green display boards with photographs of sheep. This item is associated with the New South Wales Graziers Association world tour of merino sheep 1928/9.

Physical description

Three black and white photographs and printed paper mounted on green display board. Photographs depict sheep and men. The display board has pin holes in each corner.

Inscriptions & markings

Front: [handwritten] Black Sheep. / [printed] There are two kinds of black in sheep. The / usual one is recessive to white, while in the Kar- / akul (Persian), the Piebald, and Black Welsh / Mountain breeds the black colour is dominant to / white. The first photograph shows a recessive / black Wensleydale, the middle a dominant Welsh black. / Sometimes the black is modified into a grey as / the sheep gets older. This is seen in the last / photograph of a Black Welsh Sheep.

Back: [handwritten] Black / Sheep / [printed] PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT / BY / THE ANIMAL BREEDING RESEARCH DEPT., / THE UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH. / PLEASE RETURN TO :