Aussie Farmer Claims
To Breed Blue Sheep

ADELAIDE, Australia —(AP)— A farmer claimed Tuesday to have produced the world's first flock of blue sheep without using any dye, the Australian Associated Press reported.

Nancy Follett, who owns a sheep farm at Sleaford Bay on South Australia state's Eyre Peninsula, said she has bred 100 sheep with fleece ranging from light blue to navy.

``Some people have accused me of dying the sheep,'' the news agency quoted Follett as saying. ``That's absolutely not true. I'm not up to chasing sheep around and dipping them into dye.''

Follett said she produced the blue flock from a single blue-tinted ram bred with white sheep.

``I got a Sussex-type of ram, which had a black face and black legs and his body was a dark type of blue,'' she said. ``It took me 25 years to get this brilliant blue color. It took me several generations breeding from him.''