THE FARMING OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 169, 10 April 1908, Page 2

THE FARMING OUTLOOK.

, ' : : vskEEP PRICES. Reports receivedby the. Agricultural' Department from • all ' parts' of 'thejDominion, speak'well of. the" prospetS of •Winter feed; Grass has grown remarkably : weH. ,The root crops'," espccial|y. those later sown, are making rapid'progress'. If the frost's which now; threaten' should bonoVtcn severe,-there'will .be an. abundance, of .feed..for winter. ' The' oats and other crops sown for spring feed are also making first-rate progress. . The reports' indicate'"that in ! .all parts 'of' the country a large "trade is being: done'in : storo ..'sheep, but;:thc-level, of value ;is-much lower -than, had teen anticipated, the .demand which .would have.been created by'tho re-„ 'ncwed growth' iif ' feed being • apparently counterbalanced,..by the fall in "the price of wool. Good young ewes are selling' afr prices which, are about 3s. to 4s: .lower than .thoso of the same period of last year. But aged owes 'are only ■ saleable fit' a. much greater discount. Wethers and lambs ; in a forward condition which can be fattened this season are selling ; at prices somewhat hiiher than "are warranted considering the . fall in the valuo of,'wool and pelts. 'A great many lambs' aro being' fattened in the South Island, but they arc lint making vo r v rapid progress, arid j't is' estimated that ■ the number which will be carried forward to tlio spring will ■be considerably in. advance of, tie numbers'carried'forward last year.