THE FAT LAMB TRADE
• TO THE EDITOR O* THE PREBS. • Sir, —I notice in a recent report from Home that fat lambs are selling up to 82s 6d a head. Here in New Zealand the farmers were lucky to get 22s—one-third of the price in England. I should like to ask your readers where the diflerence comes in. I should like to point out that thousands of lambs were shipped last year on the farmers' own account, and 'the price was up to 4s 6d a head better than anything offered here. On top of that, 95 per cent, of them were seconds. I myself shipped a lot of lambs this seuson, and the results are very gratifying. Of course a fat lamb buyer says a farmer cannot pick a lamb. Now as 90 per cent, of the • lambs go ir. at the per lb price, and you are paid for a first as a first, and a second as a second, and all other grades on the same basis, I should Jike to know what difference it would be if a farmer picked his, lambs or a fat lamb buyer.—Yours, 'etc., BORDER LEICESTER. July 20, 1938.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22459, 21 July 1938, Page 9
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