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3 unusual facts about merino


Australian Agricultural Company

The company had commenced its operations in order to improve flocks of Merino sheep in New South Wales for export to Great Britain.

Isaac V. Baker, Jr.

Then he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, especially in breeding Merino sheep.

NSW/ACT Rams

The team, under the guidance of AFL NSW/ACT represented New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and had the moniker of the Ram, partly derived as an acronym from Riverina, ACT, Murrumbidgee and Sydney, the four regions supplying the bulk of the team's squad.


Ana Merino

Merino is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Cartoon Studies and a member of the executive committee of International Comic Art Forum.

Battle of San Juan Bautista

Second Lieutenant Juan Morales with 30 men stood on the banks of Tinto, cut off all communication with San Juan Bautista and recruited soldiers, commander Narciso Sáenz positioned himself in San Juan Buenavista with his forty volunteers from Cunduacán and the national guard of Cárdenas, Colonel Lino Merino in Pueblo Nuevo de las Raices and Colonel Pedro Fuentes in Mazaltepec.

Booroola Merino

The Egelabra and Mumblebone strains of the Merino can be traced to Gamboola; these were derived from Samuel Marsden's flock, and like Macarther's flock, Marsden's flock was based on South African Escurial, Cape and Bengal Sheep.

Bredasdorp

The town was named after Michiel van Breda, the first Mayor of Cape Town, who was also known as the father of South Africa's merino sheep industry.

Cockayne Farm Preservation Project

His efforts paid off in 1876 when he won a medal and certificate "for fine Merino ram wool" at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and in 1878 when he won recognition for his wool at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Ear tag

Livestock ear tags were developed in 1799 under the direction of Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, for identification of Merino sheep in the flock established for King George III.

Emilio Merino

Emilio Merino Lacoste was appointed Mayor of Pichilemu by the military government of General Augusto Pinochet in 1983.

Gentile di Puglia

It derives from cross-breeding local ewes with Merino rams brought from Spain, first by Alfonso V of Aragon in the fifteenth century, and later, repeatedly, by the Bourbon kings of Naples, who had extensive estates near Foggia.

Jack Michael Martínez

Jack Martinez attended Artesia High School in Lakewood, California and played alongside Jason Kapono and Jón Arnór Stefánsson before it was found out that the foreign players were illegally recruited by Coach Wayne Merino.

Jesus Merino

Jesús Merino is a Spanish comic book artist, best known in the American comic industry for his collaborations with penciller Carlos Pacheco.

José María Villalta Florez-Estrada

Then he was advisor of the deputy Gerardo Vargas with Partido Acción Ciudadana (Citizens Action Party) and again with José Merino's advisor in 2002-2006 with the Frente Amplio (Broad Front).

Juan Aurich

In November of 2004, Juan Merino Aurich took control of the waning football club Mariscal Nieto of the La Victoria district of the Chiclayo Province.

Mauricio Merino, Jr.

In early 2010, Merino was cast as Daniel Watts in the Australian supernatural thriller feature film, Redback being shot in the Australian outbacks of Western Australia .

Olga Merino

Olga Merino (born October 1965) is a Spanish writer.

RewardVille

In a partnership with Pizza Hut, a $5 or more donation to benefit the World Hunger Relief campaign gave players a choice of a Food Wagon for use in FarmVille, a Nutrition Center for use in CityVille, a Farm for use in Empires & Allies, or a Merino Sheep for use in The Pioneer Trail.

Rous River

In its upper reaches, Rous River is fed by a minor tributary, Hopkins Creek, on the southern slopes of the McPherson Range, south of Mount Merino; and downriver of Numinbah near the small villages of Chillingham, Jacksons Creek enters the river.

Santa Cruz sheep

In the mid-19th century, sheep that were most likely of the Merino, Rambouillet (French Merino), or Churro breed were brought to Santa Cruz Island.

Víctor Merino

Initially the contract was for five years, but Merino struggled to accommodate himself with the change in climate and the Finnish language.

Víctor Hugo Merino Dubón (born August 18, 1979 in Apopa, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Metapan in the Salvadoran Premier Division.


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