BRITISH SIUD STOCK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 8

BRITISH SIUD STOCK.

S-^l^t'S^SEXPOMS^:;^.;';' ■'VJo'urnal'vContuiiis.somo interesiing fiffiires Sehbwingt'the'Jcxpdrts/Vof , itud stock from •i\the-:-iVMt^'t-^S!J?™v'Jsst'''' , y?".i-;v' : --.Tlie; .'demand;, forstud icattle from 'abroad .v-BtatettHo-be'Bntisfactoryiiand it .appeared '■•;, that/ ,w;hila; the/increase, in'-.the:.number: V/exported'S tad srisen'-" by..-;i2.fidv / K. thetfaluo 'had > increased - at'a: still ? higher 1 ifiatio;;ianicly,;l7,9i : ;i>er cent; \ .The.figures u.were:";W'r.-.>.K;'-'^-;/ : H-: v 4r ° W:■-■"■ ''■■ : v'Year:.'Number.''.^Voiue.-- ; : 4;387o ''"'}. ' - •': ; £il ■ Js. «i908;;;;K3,895- «;■ '|.C';Anothfer'. ; point?;of:finterest: is ' the.; in-. ■.:-.'ttrinStioiisro.specting.-.the:-deStiiiatiou,;'etc.i :: 'bf 'the-live stock'.;expo'rted'last-year.',V-Of ft the ii3B7.!' head' ; exported; :■ 1G52 ihead I.lkoX'- to'jtheVChaiinelVlslands at £15" Us.' :'.^^Bd.; r , : ;.to''-which' -'destination -''no -'.breeding . i : ; ,cattT6vcfported';fof : ,breeding''-p'urposes;-to ::--2735'-head,''T!'liieh'vgave' a general'. aTerago aof Value :df^>JJoU;o's. i&; : '■■ These ■'.'■''cattle' , -were 'dispatched-: to the,'several-.des-Wtin'ations,'-:aS';-:fpllo> : ''•head'at ;JJi25-iCs.-7d.:p'er.'head..,;Uruguay-i -12S hea ; d:: at vJCSkIOs/r lid.y ■ Australia' forty {.head i -'at" : -iee7;.l3s.,'. : :Canada: 223. head' at XML Bs.-'lld:; per -:head,, the .United ; Statea V; 1090-head at 422''45.-,6di': and:to'.,countries. K not'separately;. ■> enumerated 1 -' 560 ■ head . at'. <:Moi3sXM.yk;>'<::■■:■; U ;■/"■■■'■-;. ; -"v:- ; -, L'-The:sheep exports for 1909 amounted to' ';; 7418 head; (.valued. at; JE86,090,; iwhich gives "ivan'J'dyirage'-price of.i-.iSil; 125..1 d. -During: i':tho';year?l73s'.sheep -were-sent'to: tho. Ar-' Vgentine: at , ! jC2s'.ls.•;Bd.;:eaohVf this., country ,:. beingv.-byi'far -the"largest ! .en"averago'of highly-satisfactory/charac-. j v; : ter., : ;'iThe; : thirty-nine;- .head';'imported.' byS/Neiv: Zealand :gave-an average of '■£SS'.-3s.' ■ '■7di'' : .the;,;Mgh'esfc l ' average ■'.•by. anyrbf) the .■.importing; codhtries.-;'.•• Tho ,-nekt highest ;-i'ayflrage:";was"Jßi9..'l3s.r.7dii'.realised'. ; by.'.'the :i Bij:ty;six':liead::.iniported ; , by '■.- Australin. : wX)riiguay;.t6ok':loo.head^"at 'i£ls:'lls.' 2d. ; " Td.-.tlerniany "i97}headvwere:sent nt. an r ; average -of '■ J69.'. 95.: :'l'he '■, North. American ■tdomand 'last year. wasvverj'; much' larger '%] than; in; I?oß, ! j but;the; of A'eeclaried-;..valuev.was'OEU'ch'".'that- indicates :: neither. .to'■;.Canada..nor.;-to.-- : the • United O States.were, sheep of,.specially,good merit; " :t'6 the:i'ormer.'437s head at i!G:7s'. : s(l. were ;. Bent, and :to"thp.latter 735 head at ,£o.lls. -■-'.3d.:-- Irt-both-leases,'these were :tho lowest • ;averages,, given...by any. .other importing '; country;, /.The ■ remainder, of: the exported ;'-,: sheep :'(771) went to'-.'countries. not ;-separ-, :!>;ately:;'given' at :nn; nycrag'p, of : oGS Id. i per head;. '•''•>■'■'! •X".V -■'''/'■"■'.. ~■';'■■ .:'■ The' pig exports amounted: to. 715 head, :": valued' at■ JC7,l7l;'•' giving'■ an avdrage. price - ; Out •;■ .'of'■ :"'■ tho:..'- total":. exported ' 871'' head were; .sent -'to'.'countries .not '.separately' enumerated- at'an' nyoraje of .•.;•: £9 • lls. ;3d.-; of. the remainder - sixty-three './went to the:-Argentine at.,£10.105..5d. per ; iHead;'"arid'eleven to, Canada.at \£B os. Id.

#-'':• Feedijs)very'plentiful, in th-e. Kailioura ;B?s:'distr,iet/at :■; present;;: recent .r.rins'-liiiving i&~-: Ereshened'rtlie■■■Erase; uii/considerably.. :