EXPORT OF SHEEP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 22

EXPORT OF SHEEP.

POSSIBILITIES IN KENYA.

VIEWS OF N.Z. BREEDER,

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) BLENHEIM, Friday.

The wonderful possibilities of 'tlie country in Ivenya from the pastoralist s point of view were commented upon by Mr. C. 0. T. Rutherford, a prominent New Zealand sheep breeder, who lias just returned from a five months' visit to South Africa. The country was flrst class for the .sheep industry, he said, and with enterprising owners and healthy flocks the future seemed bright indeed.

Discussing the embargo against the importation of Australian sheep at present in force in South Africa, Mr. Rutherford said he had pointed out that it was not generally known that tlia embargo did not apply to New Zealand, and if, therefore, South African breeders ever desired to import fresh blood for their stocks the obvious place for them to go was New Zealand, where animals of the same blood as those found in Australia could be obtained. New Zealand could not, of course, re-export animals that were imported from Australia, but the restriction did apply to their progeny. Mr. Rutherford added that he had succeeded to some extent in setting the ball rolling for the importation to some parts of the Union of stud sheep from New Zealand, but from his observations it seemed that the main part of the country where tliey would be required was in Kenya.