POWER SHORTAGE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27405, 19 July 1954, Page 7

POWER SHORTAGE

Sir,—Are there any electric power restrictions in the North Island now? & in the event of a submarine the power cable being laid across Cook Strait, would it be possible for the South Island to receive power from the North Island during the South Island’s shortage?—Yours, etc.,

CONSUMER. July 18, 1954. SHEEP AND SHEARING Sir,—The coldly scientific article in •The Press” commenting on the virtues of pre-lamb shorn sheep is reminiscent d th§ philosophy of the medieval tortureds. It did not matter what appalling agony was inflicted; everything was all right if the victim lived. So, if tens of thousands of expectant mothers (even though they are sheep) fail to find merciful release in death when deprived of their protective covering during blizzard conditions, and are considerate enough to live (to someone’s monetary gain) everything is all right. Perhaps if enough humane people protest the conviction will grow that ft is all wrong. It is to be hoped that the use of that fine invention of Mr Bowen’s, the snow comb, will not be perverted toward an increase in this sickening practice.—Yours, etc., LEGISLATE AGAINST IT. Ashburton, July 17, 1954.

Sir,—Your correspondent, “The Wills d God Grind Slowly But—” has evidently not read many, if any, articles in farming journals and newspapers on early shearing. Certainly it sounds hard on the sheep, but those who know more than he (or she) have gone into the matter serioufely. Sheep shorn later feel a cold snap more after warm days. Big losses are the result A newly-shorn ewe seeks shelter for herself and lamb, whereas the “woolly” stays out in the open and many lambs die from cold and wet A woolly ewe often gets cast; it has more difficulty lambing. The lamb does not find where to drink quickly. Referring to *xoney-mad people,” if your corres-/ pondent reads the interesting article cn early shorn wool in “The Press” he will see that it does not fetch such a Eifh price as that shorn later.—Yours, KC " READ AND DIGEST. July 18, 1954.