MR. A. W. RUTHERFORD IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

MR. A. W. RUTHERFORD IN AUSTRALIA.

;';:";,:'i W- .OBSERVATIONS?;,;.: '■".' ''At:thefend'of. last -March," said : Mr.;'A..'W, ;;>.';- 1 iNorft:Cah%rb'upy^rigjiiifter-. ./•' ■;-. viewed'."iri'>Adelalde,v."l./iir:'-company-.with'-f my.-, /V:'R'ife;an'd;fhhe': daughters;-/landed in' Sydney, '■'. : V' > Titli::asivien r '--,t6./-'spcnding.''Bix,--ni()ntlia-, in the /;V" Commonwealth. the Autumn •:■■ : ,witriess'ed four,days' racing atßandwick, ■;.;-'.visited- 'every ; nook/"and. corner;of.;tho ..'BeautU .'."" ;ful Harb'o\jr' ; by '^fcr-riy/-and.-train,-: andkwo- S4w! ' '~ this-NewTi Zealand ''tennis '.players' 'worthily -'ijp--reputation;.;.. After -staying ,■; .'in:.Sydni!y/f,ori : six' l weeks, i we. journeyed by rail -i '.to;GlaV;stohe,' somd/300.miles north/of-.Brisbane,', .-/ - and -thehbg-'by,'steamer;to,'Cairns;; :/,"We' 4 stay.cd. .■!■.""-;'for'nihe'-day's in I'oottoomba,:the capital of tlio ■'j ;I)ariinp;J,'DoVhs.: : It /appeared • to':- me that the :>'.' -TjUue ; 6f'.tho Darling/Jjoinislis-mmw'hatioTer'-'. .''/'"estimate'd./by -tlio'/agents ,y/ho:.haVe r laml •for' ::'/.. sale.''TheOjlim'ate"iis cold,-except in thei-.sjim-. -~ /.mer, aiftl on the' average,the.rainfall tob'-light ;': ; foi , .:theyp;oroU.s soil.'/It is in a wot season'that V ■;:the'DdwnS.^merits : its title of-,'the garden ;/of: : '.'.;■ QneenslahdS'v " ; -":' ■;'"'■':' ':■»■}: "-. ■"'.". ','. \iv,":. ' "Of I/have visited, the. fat cattle arid '■?:; sheep/market,: and-1' havb' seen" Mr..-Kidriian, .-/''ritheCattloiKing! /The ■ cattle, as isjnow.'cus-://;■-:.tbmary;,ih all tho"markets,-.werb a trifle mixed,. ;"., /both' "m"C9J'ditioii. ) /and breed.'; Mrli/iliidman : c ; ;' who seemsyto supply; Half jth'e;irtquirem.ents,..'oii: ■ •'*'■'- my :: first;{Tisit; had/.iiv-a'very;:plain : c6n'ditioned" : :lot,/but-seVeral;of his subsequent mobs have ':'.'. been :weli;bre"d- and of excellent/quality; rlri fat .*;.'.. Bheep,-:-:the;;merin6;'j)re<Jpriiiriate3;i in'YV.numbers.: .-■■■'.'•' -These 'sheep•iwer,e?all';.w.ellv.c,ovefea.,wjth.fl,ee'ces, /;.;.of '"asefulf: s%tii^^oirl%iiAjp;' > .'tiiOol,, '-■ excoptiohs 'w'ero/'nbtTprinie in: condition—just :■;;'; ,'good, mutton. '/It is, too early intho ' r ' season for-xeally prime mutton. '.•..;. :■'.-■- '"As your 'lambs- i,(contin.tiedv,Mr.; /Eutherford; -;/;:to'his- :toVsbrii'o:fexfent;come;intb": : . .' "■'■"'ebinpetition with ■ ours/ L was/; naturally desir-, •'■"'/ : ous', of/ ;Tiewihg : 'them'.'-v- : They" wero -mostly 0// cross; ; ;indeed,'sonio 'of them; were.pure merinos,; :'■ .li'wasJtold'ithat by-.Teasba of/ihe excessive rain'.■;■:'.theijlambs were.,backward in condition,' and ob-r-r;-Yiou.'fly'; this':was' : the: case,-so-far. as", the'bulk V C of; [the ■•■■ Jambs: / was .-.'concerned!- •''-.-" There .we're ;- I ".'lio\rever,:some/beautiful/ lines/of "well-finished, :';';fiist>cross. Shropshire-merino'-.lambs.v Those : : ;.:.'directly;: interested in the SoutHAustralian lafflb ,:£trSde: inform yiiio,that; they, cannot.l.undef stand -'-V.whj '.New Zealand'lambs' realise in" .tho,Home ../'market /from i a half penny; to: a penny per lb. ;,-; more, thau South.-,i\ ustralian., i Since /my' arriyal )" here/I'-havei/de'voted' soine' attention .to -'this '.'.:'- mntter.''. It; is obvious, -to: me .that -your j lambs', 'flesh .is finer" in. the grain' and /darker' 1 in" colour / than-o'urf,. tho. cause being; tho', preponderance ■;•' : of /mortao. .blood.;/ ,In', most cases. the dams:: of .'.ln our.'case, but" / /'ie.v bw.fs'ttro"'/bred/froM/with 'more v than ( a', :/:"■_ fourth .iiheririo' blood—tbat : is;,to soyi^a /three-",:'quarter-bred, ;;Tho flesh of oiir lambs" is. much' I V-.'whiter'aiid.more/openiin : texture, thus : ;-; ; lating more with the lambs the -British public ..'. are used- to, .To, this, cause, and to this causo, //■ilo'ne.J.'attribute /tho lesser.-yal.ue, roalised ..by j '•■■/'■ V' ':/-■/-;:;;':/■:. ;;'-■'/ ''v-: ; \:'- '