A BAD YEAR.
WHAT THE SHEEP. MEN HAVE LOST. - .'. ■ WILp ENDS MEET? ' ' , The' slump, in : wool has lasted long enough for one to bo. able to; sit 1 down and figure, out approximately, tho verdict of. the season. Wo give m £ s. d. a picture of this season and last:—■ ■..... THE BRIGHT SIDE-1906-7. Outlay: ;■ Area of station, acres . 1,000 Carrying capacity'(2 sheep) 2,000 : ) , Cost-.of-land. (£8 105.)..S £8,500 Cost of, shoep (155.) . ... £1,500 Total, land and stock £10,000 . Annual interest ... £500 . Rates, wages, rations, re- . -pairs, .etc. \ ... : . £200 Total-year'a expense ...• , ... ... £700 Income: - , •••:• Clip, 71b. at 9d. ; ... £525 • . Surplus shwp, say'"... ... ; £500 Total , £1025 Profit for owner's toil ... • £325 THE BLACK SIDE-1907-8 Outlay: Interest', wages, etc. ■ ... £700 Income: •<•••• • ■ .■ " Clip, 71b., 6d £350 Surplus sheep,-say . ... £350 Total , ... _ £700 Profit for owner's toil ... / Nil The-above'is nol; put forward as an exact told -coifipleto return . applying to all farms. It is meroly an approximate picture of the relative,, spoils ■. from sheep farming, in the past two seasons. The slight revival in prices oomes ,like a ray ,of sunshine ; into, these clouded; ; days. .Will it continue;; or is it only a temporary..result of-, the withholding of stocksP ■: ■' <■■■ •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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191A BAD YEAR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 201, 19 May 1908, Page 3
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