NELSON'S FREEZING WORKS.
It is generally considered that the new Nelson co-operative freezing works will be of great boneht to tho district, altbougn they 'will possibly have, a hard . time , for (i few years. ;. Since ' their • inception farmers aro going in more for cultivation of their lands so tliat they can grow artificial food for their sheep. There is thus a double-barrelled gain; Although some 14,000 carcasses were shipped ■ from the Nelson freezing works the other ;day,. there are already another 13,000 carcasses', in store.;. A Nelson fanner,; speaking of the project,'mentioned that it would be successful if the farmers stuck to it. , He. cited an .instance' where some 'of, the farmers would, lose 2s. per head this season on. some consignments through supporting tho company, but this loss had to 1 be looked, squarely 'in.the-face.'and debited-against tho ultimate possibilities which - could not .be otherwise than profitable. .. .. .
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 512, 20 May 1909, Page 8
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