Pelts hold prices
Coopworth breeders and commercial farmers
who favour Coopwortii ) rams, are strong in their j support of these sheep, i But they are not above the effects of the market;place. Perhaps this is most j graphically illustrated by ! the following observation ) by a Coopworth breeder, (
Mr Norman Early, of Ashburton. ) "The only thing that is holding prices (ffar lambs) up at the moment is) the pelt price. “If you were to put all your killing charges against your meat, )you would find you would b£ likely to get mlore for a kilogram of dags.” I
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Press, 8 April 1988, Page 10
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