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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20470, 13 February 1932, Page 24

auctions. H. MAT SON AND CO. HEAVY LADEN WITH ARMOUR. WHE.S the conventional artist is a&ked to draw a heroic figure he will as often as not draw a man in armour, When thvs ordinary man thinks of military prowes* h* will picture a man accoutred m steel from head to foot. Yet thin must be wrong. Armour is■ a precaution. not a weapon. It is. on the face of it. a product of fear rather than 01 courage. It is also the obvious negation of tinkling efficiency. A man fully sheathed ip armour could hardly walk let alone show that swiftness and agility which are the force in all attacks. If a man 111 a bothinc suit and a man in complcto _ Bteol were to enter the lists together, victory would certainly go to the man in the bathing suit. He would be swift while the other was slow. When the urniopred man was pantiua; and exhaustod with his encumbored efforts tho man in the bathing nuit could trip him up and. have his will with These criticisms of the popular _ notion of the value of armour are not directed to the past: they aro a comment on tho present. When vitality declines and fears accumulate men turn to armour rather than to the Hashing sword, they think of precautions against attack rather than preparations for the offensive, they trust more in protection than in performance. Men who would win must get rid of the armour complex. The more steel a man has outside, the less courage he has inside. When first he gets his defences he may feel a new conscience which he mistakes for self-confidence. But that must gradually decline. Human nature is such that inside tlieso defences will and. courage grow flabby. Ho comes to regard the protection as indispensable and Uia native valour dwindles into timidity. British industry and commerce have never had the armour complex. The old cry of "Laissez fairo!" meant that thoy only wanted freedom to move and act and they would conquer the world. They did not, ask anyone to protect them from competition either from home or abroad. The technique of international trada may change, may havti changed already. The man in khaki with a rifle may have to become the man in a tank with a machine-gun. . Adjustments and counteradjustments may be necessary. But moreimportant than any of these technical changes is the need to maintain tlie tlghtinz .spirit. The strongest fortress in the world, if there be no courago in it, ia a trap. Tho only impregnable citadel is the undaunted heart. The elimination of home competition by rings and combines, the elimination of foreign competition by Customs barriers, wiil avail the nation nothing if they lead to a decline of self-confidence, to & decline of the spirit of fight and adventure. Wo of this country must continue to seek progress with the sword of efficiency and courage, not in the rigid and cumbersome armour of eliminated competition. SUPPORT PERSONAL AND DIItEOT SERVICE. H. MATSON and CO. appeal to men on the land in respect to their realisations. Don't forget this. H. MATSON and CO. IMPORTED MILK AND DISEASE RISK. Imported milk from Holland arid Belgium was made tbe suhj'-ct ot a resolution at tlie Northamptonshire Executive of the N.F.U. on Saturday. Mr J. M. Eady said at that moment England was absolutely free from foot-and-mouth disease, whereas in the countries from whence the milk was coming it was very rife. Veterinary surgeons would back him up when he said that there was no article that, would carry foot-and-mouth disease quicker than milk, and there was no guarantee that the imported milk did not come from infected animals. Under such circumstances, therefore, he moved that communications be sent to the Ministry of Agriculture, the local M.P.'s, and headquarters calling attention to the matter. It nad been made a question in Parliament, and they were told it had been pasteurised, but he did not believe it. Mr W. H. Ashby seconded on the grounds of health and the prevention of disease, and the resolution was carried. WILLIE AGAIN. Willie is once again clean wide awake. "Can a butcher," he asks, "have a great deal at steak 7 Does he minca matters much in weighing » pound. Or can he b« square when serving a round! And if you desire to buy a set of his brains, Does he weigh up a tongue with very great pains!'' And then Willie asks—this time getting bolder — "Will ho give to his customers what's called th» cold ihouldert" EXPORT OF STOCK TO NEW ZEALAND. Tho Council of the Large Black Pig Society had before them at the last meeting a letter addressed to them by Lord Bledisloe, to whom, as Governor-General of New Zealand, they had made representations urging the recognition of the London Quarantine Station through which stock from thiß country destined for New Zealand may be shipped. In the course of his remarks. Lord Bledisloe agrees with the Council that there i» no sufficient reason for preventing the admission of British live stock into the Dominion on the ground of foot and mouth disease or other contagious diseases. It would, however, appear that the /ear which New Zealand fanners evince as to the possible introduction into their country of foot and mouth disease is so strong that it will take some time before the New Zealand Government havo sufficient backing of agricultural opinion to enable them to lift the existing embargo. EWES FOR FAT LAMB RAISING. SHOULD THEY BE YOCNG OR OLDS ADVANTAGES OF EACH CLASS. Writing under the name of "Centralite" from Heathcote, a subscriber puts forward an interesting case ia favour of the purchase of young ewes for the purpose of fat lamb raising. He also states tho ease for the old ewe and invites expressions of opinions from farmer* and graziers who have had experience in that line. His letter is as follows:- • "I would like to know which is the most payable proposition for the small sheepfarmers going in for fat lamb production, vis., to buy old or young ewes. I have often heard arguments in favour of both, but in my experience, taking everything into consideration, I favour tho young ewe, but I would like to hear the defence of those who favour the old ewe as my figures may not be accurate. THE CASE FOR THE YOUNG EWE. "Tho following are my figures, roughly:— Basing the cost on Current Values, a good first cross oue-year-old ewe is worth abou 18s and on last season's prices her lamb should fetch 12s, her fleece worth Bs, and at five years old she should bring about Os making her total production spread over four years £4 6s, less 18s, making a total profit of £3 &s. Tho Sale of surplus stock for the | season commences at an early date. j Entrust your realisation to H. MATSON ond GO. I THE CASE FOR THE OLD EWE. "On the other hand, a five-yesr-old ewe could be bought for about 6s, produced a lamb worth 12s, wool 6», and sold at six vears old for sb, making her total products spread over four years £4 12s, less £i 4s purchase money; total profit. £3 Bs. So on my figures it appears about equal. TOO FREQUENT "Of course, you have the option of keeping the young "ewe an extra year. But 1 always make about a fifty per cent, reject nt five years old. Some sheep's teeth remain sound at five years, while others are badly brokon or parted, and there are the usual few drv ones which ore prime fat. My argument ncainst buying the old ewe annually ia having to follow the store markets and bringing different sheep on to your property ° T< "One e^ ruus the risk of bringing various diseases on to the farm. There is also the possibility of their being n lamb when you h„v them which means lambs dropped too early, and perhaps the wrong breed. "fnunled with this you have trucking n <\ droving expenses. I have heard It said »i,♦ it is best to sell tho old e«o fat and Let double what you paid for her But Jf fhl nther fellow does the same, where ar6 i?, o-niii!' to get the storo ewes I • • Allowance must also be mado for the capital involved, as £IOO buys as many old bKpbd as £3OO does young sheop, which in a factor these times.-