OUR STOCK AND BRITAIN'S.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 8

OUR STOCK AND BRITAIN'S.

STEENGTHSV: : c ■ jerhaps, ;.td^bo';reminded'in .thbso f! : ; ; jieasantCday3:of: ; 'good iwool-prices that Britain ' =i|-iherseU-:lcMps;t',few.; : sheßp';^^Kew.:Zealand'e (April); :num-;ffvber^:-:jus'tijinder.' 23J-*milliohs;- But Britain's :'i;;>;shoep':in-;: June\ last Jni/mbered /26i -millions. .;l":i\Vhbther:.;Bntaid'a;.nlillion3'(b'red-so much.for ■fc-B-the ■ meat' tntirket)_sproduce ,as> heavy - a clip' of fSwqolv'iis'-the^;Dominion; sheep,"- with;.their, prov .-• doniinant lorip-wool ;blobd,' :may bo doubted,; Jbut p?;their;,wtiol.-will;probably: bo, almost, as capable ■>:■ bfiinfluejicingj market -,pnces'-as.>our,. own.-. The i'V'-.Home.flooksvare increasing-'.in spito,of the ad->';;vance.Vpf-'th4ysftiaU*iiolding3. movement. Last .■; .';. year's, increases ."'werc.:— Of,.breeding - ewes, 12.3 %^lper -cerit;;.;bf over one year: 01d, ; 4.1 :,i■.per'Cfmt;';■ ofjybunger Sheep, o.3 : per cent.':Tho ■ yiiewes':lcept;for breeding , purposes numbered (on. <i;,;[une':4):;10,510,476./ iThe :New;.Zealand'.breeding - '»!i^' : e^es ! :.-". ; .:prpbably-- iSj-imilions. New Zealand's : : l :; i: l totaPsheep:in' r l9oß ; nupibofed:22J'.millions, and ihcreaso'.of.just short of 4jyper cent., Britain'in the. same; ■:.> ; if.periodVincrea.«d;by^scarcely'2. per-cent; >/T fl e :, ; jv.ia'ct that.thoiretuTiis at:Homb;are collected;at ; ]?. '■'■ a;,difforbht{season' from that chosen here,, and ;'o,:> also'' the ;,diiferbnt.'/Evstoms -'.'.adopted .as :'to • the ,;; ! idisposal;_of. tho-increase intended for : food. make -San-exact;comnarisori^bf'. figures 7 impossible. . i^V-?ho'debline;in;pig-keening;-offtirs.some:indece-jSvime'nt to-NoVVZealandHo further turn its atten-. -5, : : r tipn :to this branch; of farming, with', a ..view to ;Kr?Vexport.v : i.TheASOws' kept for-breeding in Britain t.?,'decreased daring the year-by. W. 3 per cent.',-the ; .::,.' ; ;tqtal l ;numbbr.retal ; ne.d-:b0ing.'316,552.' , The:re-. *-Sported^shortngb-ofVpigS:iri-Aft'erica , would seem emphasise , j -which -this' de- ;■: V;:(^easeshpldsV'but:',to-,our-own producers. Whilo ; I ';jpig ; ;keepihg;;here.iappeals.ichieily. to our- dairy. ':;:':farmers, |the- iridustfy-.js.i'byJ-no. means confined i':;io tnernVf.'-Grass'aiid.hieal form 'good substitutes. marketable animal, and . iadvantagei.of,-beingi free risk-iof 'loss. fi'qni. tuberculosis.;;• This I'V.rßamo-.ifact'is/^worth.i'notico:; by dairy ■ farmers :«.)/.themselv)QS,Vfqt' ; they| need .not regard their pigiv.- :k?eping - operations as.being rigidly; bounded on y.f!;all ; ;sides-by;t(ib)sizo/pfi: their'whey tank..Some i>: raised v Srithbut v ariy\cbw's'/inilk.-; r/r^t ;- '■.-; ■ ; : ,■:•:•' lastr ' , '.Lyen'{scaTc'e'.vKt\Bpniei'''/tliere-':'a'ppeatS'''to-'' , liavo. ' rfJibeeiivaV :rrcvival.;';->Althpui[h ; : the'.cattle S/fiver' .twb'years-'of: 1 age;:were;^^less'-by-4rpercent. fr^.thanViwdsj-iu ;thoj-:previpusV year.-(ane. nb;donbt, ~ W;^o|;.; , available : :§;sbutchers J N : ; ivV;iiu'mte : ';b£.7punger''Cattle ; rearcd, : ;to an extent i-.V'M 'bvbr 2 ;y.eatsf : -;I-'old fnumber; vt,317;215/? as(L',thqse :;betwcen'. one ■Vtf:'and';twb'.;^eaira^ •;-;,':v^r':cent,^inoMa^d;:slan6htei;>of. £ the,.older:lieastß--' s'v.vbuldibb'iustabouti-balanced by th0,,'4.1 .per .•^■'.centijincrease.yhithe'ybu'nger'stock coming,on. ; ;net ! ;resulti;^thcrefbre,';the; : -beef.'shortago R->v-Temains-flncliangedr.v-.-^y;; si:';'A''-v. ■•.^-.v -.'■■-'.■:■-:i:'■'(- ■ -inputting .hor.'.best:'foot foremost.'-. That little -stir S:::ofer.'the; ;butte"r'prices. We;, season's {ago did : nbt; : v ,j yiJass'i.jinubtic'e'd '.by-lburSfriends at, Home,' and as V,: ■' a'.result ',>;they ;"ovf n -..toi-day : :1;6 ■': per ■:.cent. : . more, -•,;':' 'cow3'and!" i heifers : . in '■ milk , ! than they did 'twelve : : 'iVmonths. ago'STha'-tbtal-'aumbeE.:is-. : 2,232,?.i8.-'The ;:i;i calf, ißut-iiipf -the; issue. '.A'^Buti^ -y •;; tb tal uAbpiitfel4p^ is;inbt-great: ehoiigh ■/%to? .influence S'much';^o>positiqn;! r of ...New,- ,Zea- ■ '::;;■ -ly':- ; .-j - ; :iSv:SlnVsympathy^yvith ! £the;v;sligh;tly;vbetterLput- : ',-.';-lbok;'for.'i arable 'jfarmingV-lhere-vwero'. slightly';;s;mor6 :^ja^djffetence";of:"l;l;-p<^;:,cent;>:-/-^: ; : , '-''..^'/^:^'''.''''*"''''.''''v' , '^'',''".'..''.:'':- •■'-■"■''?' .'"'!'•:'