LABOUR FOR SHEARING

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23747, 19 September 1942, Page 3

LABOUR FOR SHEARING

URGENT NEED OF EARLY APPLICATION Sheepfarmers requiring shearers, musterers, experienced shed hands, and shearers’ cooks should make a point of getting in touch with ' their District Primary Production Committees right away, as it takes time to get men out of the Army or released from essential industry, apart from the fact that it is not fair to the Army or other employers to expect release at short notice. Pastoralists concerned are reminded that except in exceptional circumstances no Grade I man between the ages of 21 and 40 (inclusive) is to be selected if men of lower medical grades or outside that age group are available, and single men are not to be released if married men are available. The services of District Committees are honorary and they are charged with the responsibility of endeavouring to get all shearing done with the most economic use of manpower and travelling, and it must therefore be evident that co-operation is needed all round. Early action will materially assist and perhaps prevent disappointment.

To ensure the continuance of the British bacon ration at the present level, the chairman of the Canadian Bacon Board is appealing to consumers throughout Canada not to buy fresh pork, bacon, or ham during the next seven weeks (as from September 14). In furtherance of the appeal the Bacon Board is reducing the quantity of bacon and pork which may be sold on the domestic market to 50 per cent, of normal weekly sales in 1940. It is expected that the situation will be relieved early in November, when additional hogs will be marketed. A Hamilton message says that at a recent sale of pedigree Jersey cattle at that centre, which realised 9700 guineas, the top 40 of the offering averaged 100 guineas, which was believed to be a world’s record. However, this notable achievement pales into insignificance when compared with prices for a Friesian herd sold on June 29 last in Canada. The herd was the Mount Victoria, owned by the estate of T. S. Macauley, Hudson Heights, Quebec, consisting of 68 animals. The 68 head averaged 1925.73 dollars, or, at present exchange, approximately £577. The average at this sale, however, the highest recorded since the boom days of 1920.