DAIRY STOCK.
; MANY SALES, BUT RISINC PRICES. ... . the. next-four, or,:five weeks, (writes our correspondent) theve will- be fully twenty private, dairy-stock .sales in ' the Bush Districts. This is mainly due to the properties on . which tho stocli were . running' changing owners," although sonke in a measure ascribe":it to the. trouble in' obtaining' efficient farm, labour. Notwithstanding tho fact t}iat there ,are unemployed, in all port-ions of-the country,, there' stems .to ,bo' : a : growiiig disiriclination to,'work'on': farms. " It'is noticeable that .in' many instances" clearing ' sales of dairystock havo. como with the families of the farmers: reachirig an adult age, when, it has been found unprofitable ior .tho family:. to ;pursue: the' ■ business. : Therb, is.--at the .'present.:tim'e' -il< verygood 1 demand-:for' dairy stock of. quality. At a, recent private' sale'riear Pallia,tua, cows.brought up'to"£l6; and the whole average .for. ithe ; herd ; was' soriiething -over:'£B. : --Cows- with 'a • Jer'soy strain- brought ;the ,highest prices :in prefer--ence-- to - Ayrshires. - During Itlie- last, few weeks' prices ;'of, good- dairy cows : havp: advanced:- 10s. v per head, and a" well-known stocli auctioneer, states that he expects-thq rates to run from- 30s. "to 405., per 'head higher than they wero last- year.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 3
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194DAIRY STOCK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 3
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