SHIPMENT OF LIVE FROM QUEENSLAND.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9005, 18 January 1895, Page 2

SHIPMENT OF LIVE FROM QUEENSLAND.

"Weekly Prose. ,, " ~% A number of gentlemen interested fo- ; pastoral pursuits and the export et &J!i|f industry assembled in the Chamber of Commerce on the ltt Q (s»ys the Courier) to hear an addre»?!~" Mr P. H. Relph, who has bad euce in shipping cattle from > England. The meeting was held u a &? the auspices of the Queensland Stetk breeders' and Graziers' Association, \ chair was occupied by Mr J. Mr Belph said that he was one of uf; firat to undertake the shipment of cattle from New York to England, fe?; , American etockowners were at that tlaj!> in much the same position as those «*'* Queensland are at the present day. <$£: trade had Increased so largely that in I*» 394,007 cattle were shipped from New Yμ! and Canada to England. The I these cattle amounted to one rofli{sL \ sterling. His first venture consisted**"' 100 head ot cattle and 50 horses. cattle were taken from the open praltfijV. out of a mob of 500 steers as wild as ay they had ever seen. Indeed, he was prised to fled the Queensland cattle ao ' I quiet on the stations he had visited. Xfo cuttle he had seen were flrst-class, and oa the whole much better than the Americas cattle. The price of cattle in Ametfa V had increased, and he felt sure th&t , ' in a short time the shipments from that country would cease. They had fo ofa' from JBI4 to £16 per head ia New "£<«* and if they added to that the freight o&g. charges there was very little profit !«#.' * They had in Queensland the class ot that 'would realise the best price Iα the "' market. He was very much in favour ijf Herefords, because they were what U^,. f. Americans call good "rustlers." Howetef the Shorthorn was a substantial I which produced the very best class of bto| t > f A most important point to consider Xf^ , | the transit of the cattle. From Chlcfeg* . | to New York was about 1000 mitee, M j 4 then they had to bo carried 3000 miles bj.' i sea. ■.'' \

From Queensland cattle would hate to travel about 13,000 miles by neau B*.recommended the formation of a depftf- _ about halfway, say at Monte Video, where a fresh supply of fodder could be taken lii, > For the present he would prefer the being shipped on deck. The fittlagfS' should be put up Iα the most substantially manner, so as to be prepared weather. The cattle should not be higher fed during the first week at sea, as were apt to be injured by indigestioCiV They should be watered at least two jff? ; three times a day, from cix to ten gallop ; = per head being allowed. Freeh water WgfE'V much better than that condensed by $f|<- \ engine. One of the diseases usually $j?jH suiting ,fi om iudigestion on board el^|' ■ was red water, which caused death than anything else. The adtniuiatrailoaglp molasses and water, with the additional ] a little saltpetre, acted as a preventive the complaint. The life and soul o{ twfg: undertaking was to see that the cattji|r. were watered and fed regularly; if-tftlfjl were not done the cattle would fall apjj|? rapidly. The cost of conveyance importance; he thought freight; could..»|| arranged at about £0 per head; food wot3(jtf-# cost about £2; attendance between 5s »t»i|S; 10 ; and insurance from £1 to Commission and market dues would c'ojpMj to about lot* per head, so that, rdagbljS estimated, the total cost would amount between £10 and £11. Other cbarg^ : .would be about £4, which would make &$m cost o£ landing the nni >ial in England £tf§| Take the weight at SOQib, at 5d per lb, aailp sometimesmore, ib would realise from £$ste to £22, leaving a good margin of As'the risks were covered by insuraasf§j, tfie business resolved itself Into a tradteVp which they would haveon&p to take the risks of the market.; 2fff|l trade would' be of great the email farmers If carried out r fpg| the American principle. The faraway** went to the stockmen and asked them $0 lend so many cattle to feed on their The cattle were weighed in and wefghj||g but, and the stockmen paid the farnrapj| so much for every lb. the cattle increased in weight. This practice m&k been found to work admirably, both *Sgjjff the farmer and the stockman. The of cattle fed, on maize was harder fMlfc that of cattle fed on grass. There be a. shrinkage at the start, but thßCftS|f|| would increase in weight by the iWm% : they reached England. The bttfifttsj|||k should be carried on in conja»cfc'f|f|fi with freezing and the " ordinary shlj*||§ ment of preserved meat. Bach would require a space 2ffc 6!n by Bft.: Fmj||s bead were pot into a pan measuring 10fti%|if Bft. They were tied up with their headship: board. An agreement was produced, up by Mr Belph, In which a valueof £4 W&iset upon, each beast of 8001b. Mr B4ggH£ undertook to defray all charges in c*g|§j|' nection with the. shipment, '»nd-"'raE|Js profit to be equally divided ! him and the , shippers. The ment alao provided for the Rtock-owS|||§ undertaking to supply Mrßelpli wl|§f the cattle required for shipment for Beep years at the' current market rate, the conditions being the rathe, and- for "ftfip termination of the agreement on months notice on either side, in the eveftj|p of three consecutive shipments lose. It was stated at the meeting thttjpgi trial shipment of cattle would be made||l| the s.s. Buteshire, and Mr Relph his readiness to proceed with the shlpuwrag' a* far as New Zealand, to »cc thtlkJ|K cattle were well looked after durfn#il|||| I flrefcpirfc of the foyage.- >A &ea,pty.we3§|| \ thanks was voted to Mr ReJpU {ttM [ valuable information he had given WIM \ meeting. ,<■-.. ; ,". . ;^^B ANOTHER TOSSTC SHIPMENT VBOH StlOS^m The pioneers of the live stock trade are losing no time Iα carrying* &mm scheme into practical effect- (a&yatbt'iKtjj&g Telegraph). Their confidence Iα the Btt °si||| cf the undertaking is erinced by fcoe jß|f§| that arrangements have been corapbtyrai for sending another test shipment Hj||§ stock'By the steamer Echuca. The '*fe||»| ment will be on a larger and ®$||| important scale.than those by the Port Pirte idnd Maori King, T. Keys having secured space stalls'fm the Ecbuca. the cattle will tie of super lor class, fend are ' M Durham and Polled ,. Angut, fatteiied| ms the Hunter River pastures by &e»*isJffi| A. Dangar,. Edward White, end &Wm Keys. In order to ovezcome the objec|| j£| raised In some' quarters to the effecfc'sii||| <• witd" station-bred cattle do nofc &*sSi well on shipboard aft those whica,S»||e been need to handling, special been, taken to choose.the from the calves of quiet milkers. "^Mm, The Echuca, which is one of liners, will make the voyage London via the Suez CanaL will be shipped from-Glebe MaEa 4 *§S Messrs Watt, and agents for the Lund line. [The Echuc*l«#g§ Sydney on December 15th.—JEi). W.P.J ; j}^m