NOTES FOR GRAZIER AND DEALER.
("Weekly Press and Referee.") V From the report of a Commissions V" the sheep and wool indu&tries of luj, . ' it appears that sheep, instead of haxL ' ing been reduced in number, a»- Va T -'- commonly supposed, have greafcjj j- -. creased. The census of 1908 .:!' ates the considerable total of 11,162 926* *■* as compared with 8,090,103 returned - ' Lt tho census of 1891. These satUfay tcry figures, indicating tho prosperity'* '-V of tho. sheep industry, in spite of erous disadvantages, did not prevent .'5 tho Commission from making certain recommendations for its improvement, '-f including tho promotion of good breed*';*£ ing and co-operative arrangements (or •*" the disposal ot wool. ' -f Tho late Director of Agriculture «£ the Orange Free State, on his reconi ■ return to South Africa, took with Um« : -§ a valuable consigument of Clydcsdoia *'*: ir.ares and two scullions, which, fca-1 '<" been personally selected by him wfiik* £ on a visit to Scotland. Most of" tjjg k•„ animals liavo been disposed of amongst " the farmers in tho Free State. "'-;, Prospects or a diminished output of •''" wool from Australia nest beaaoa are „*'- not relished by wool-users (says tho 'Sydney Mail"). There is no knowing,' *~ they say. where wool values will 'get ~M to if production is beriousjy decraaaed, because tho textile world requires an r ; iccreaso to eatisfy all dciilands. Jft jj .<- f more than probable tliat the coining-, '4 wool season will see wool values on, * ? '. liigher level, but, unfortunately,'them : ,'£- wUl bo a lot of shabby, dusty, nat-i badly-grown lines about. Tho jtutivV per head is expected to bo appreoutWy, 4 } lighter at the oominu shearing. . r'' At the next meeting of the Qrttia 'iMarke,ts Committee of tho LondoafSty J -5. Corporation it is stated that a report £& will be presented recommending -the' $ closing of Deptford Cattlo Modcet, i which has suffered &o groat a ( decond of business since tho closuro <$ -tJ»< ports to Argentine animals tbatM&YT -'/' > losses have been incurred. In 1810 the loss was £7,952, and,last yettr w:is £3642. A possible alternative to|*L the closing of the market is the duction of its area, for which tho Goremment is necessary. i This, it is said, would greatly reduce \r" expeases. The market was opened itt -W \ 1872. ■ %| Dnrinff tho second half of 1911 tha£7&Bl
During the second half of 1911, t"*eyj. r American Bureau of Animal Industry'-44 reports, 1212 breeding horse* and only ,- Tf , 317 cattlo were' imported (,-f into tho United States. The breed of '{& horses most numerously imported waaf >■£■ tho Percheron, of which 586 stallion* j;if< ami 16-1 mares were- received. JJescbj;,;' come 149 Belgian draught stallions jss and 47 mares. Shires tako the third! J place, with 42 stallions and 3 wares; ■ $ while the corresponding figures for £■$ Clydesdales aro 34 and 18. The bal- 'J riiico consists of email number* of 'A Hackneva, Suffolks, French and Shetland and "Welsh ponies. The j- -•• cattle were mado np of W Ayrshire j$ bulls and 99 cowb, 7 Jersey bulle anii",£j--100 cows. 5 Guernsey bulla end 89.;$ cows. 2 Shorthorn bulb, and 1 Alder-i| ney'bnll. . J:§ Tho "Sydney Mail" of June says:—Besides the loss of stock the recent drought there is serious side to the pastoral position J the poor lambings that may be 3 : i«« , pected this season. Scores of of sheep refrained from mating oajfl&fc < occasion owing to the «maciated dition of ' the ewes, to whom hard conditions meant certain :l<£4'v># while carrying lambs. we must be prepared for figures when tho statistician carte up|s§; his certainly they trill tbew , little or no progress. Thus w* a»yt-|. count tho year ac a lost one so for as -s,| increase in flocks is concerned.absence of lambs will mabo & bjS-£? difference in tho mutton and lamb «*•-;«$?, port trade, so that wo will suffer Vff _3|| comparison on tho London market,. •Uβ &jj Argentine will get a further chance er">j& pushing this trade. Up to the the dry spoil has been , somewhat of advantage to dwellers in. tho cities, as.the owners of stock' havd rushing their sheep and cattle to secure some return in money, ™e> keeping'up big, if itt eooie poor quality, supplies. This W*lss, cease with tho advent of herbage *W\icVfcucli grass as will grow during '-lw#, cold period, of the year. Tho Pfow|§g in the markets will come at a'»wEp£ date, when tho natural increase, longer offers a fcufficienL number' »££- properly supply tho local trade meet the demands of export, comparison with the*last six or «**jip: years it will bo what is understood a lean year. '. y|ij? ljisuranco against mortality oßKmgßffi«r lire stock in Switzerland is earned by three hirge mutual societies. waKa|,v 6 extend their operations to all tbe_oeep£s? tons. Two of them injure only of tho oquino race (lwrsee,. mules), wlioreas tho Federal insures cattlo also. Tho Swiss may guarantee himself with e»:W; other of these societies against »».«*'-', more serious risks to which- cnttto exposed—thnt is, against thtar d«4 in cousuquence of dieeaso. accident, castration, and also against the i&hod valuo of the animals due W.tw.-j-; fact that in consequoncft of disflft» «£«g accident they havo bociome nseieie the work for which they were M**»*sf od. Tho premium paid by Swiss era in 1909 for the uisurance «* liv(, al-ock amounted to K»uw i»***3 Thoro is no doubt in Bwitzorland, tho amount of capital represented livo stock is so large, that tbxs "•"**•s• of insuranco is destined, for a able development in futuro. jm. ,^?*' Beef is beef these days, say* ■'Wf North British Agriculturist." Ofl* to fro back a good long timo lor thing like the prices that are **&?'& rent. Unfortunately, with ort»*-£| t , etnnces as they are, tho comiDOditJ ■ fjtirly coetly to produce, so profit is not always so large as it g* 01^1^"" The average weight of » »«%', African merino sheep .is 451b, »od mPfr* the floeoo 91b. Tho varieties cb>e#£R§g.;. favour aro Wanganella and The sources from which fresh drawn are indicated by theee naoiea. "- Commenting upon tho advances in the prices of cattle, lainlis, and pigs in tho United in ApriJ, the "Breeders' (Chicago) says that a eJight '.' in supplies is quit© insufficient wj^-^ 4 count tor advances almost beyond y£ codent. The demands of ec/asa must have been extraordinary, mc the theory that "consumptapfijn^.»., . galnwl several laps on tho prodortrf* : capacity of the country." MottOßjW,,V*' is remarked, has become a luxury, finds its way into consumptive eu*r nels as fast as it can be dressed.- . .- J. 31 Heywood and Co M I*L, boon established for over sixty 7>¥»2 C~Custoro Houso Agcnte.. and varied cspenenco is at tfte * c of all Importers and the Genera* lie. ' \ijk Tills is the weather you ar * reßl *sSKlfi of tho follies of your .weather, rheumatism weather. £2«i>lJ Jlhentnatic and Gout Remedy B the root of tho trouble by uric acid. Unrivalled '°r.^?SJP : gout, Theumatism. 4s 6d pow Jno Berry, CJolombo emdh Reeoe'e. . . - *■ "■•"S^
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14406, 13 July 1912, Page 14
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