A GOOD SEASON
SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA
COMPARISON OF STOCK-
Although he had always heard'that Australia enjoyed a dry, sunny climate, and this seemed to have been confirmed on his previous visits to the Commonwealth, Mr. A. Sutherland, a Wairarapa pastoralist, has returned to the Dominion this time knowing this is not always true, at any rate. He said on his arrival by the Marama today that it rained for much of the time while he was in Victoria, and that the weather at times was also cold. He has been away some nine or ten weeks, and while in Australia he made it his business to make a tour of the country districts, particularly in Victoria, where he motored 1500 miles, As a result of the abundance of rain, said Mr. Sutherland, it seemed that the southern part of Australia was in for a wonderful season. Commenting on the fat lambs be had seen, he said he did not think they were up to the New Zealand standard; they were very uneven, and he thought there would have to be an improvement of 100 per cent, before they were as good as the New Zealand quality. There was no doubt that an improvement was being effected, and for this purpose New Zealand rams were being imported. From what he had been told. New Zealand stock did very well there, and it certainly had a great reputation in the Commonwealth. So far as dairying was concerned, the cattle he had seen on the south coast, said Mr. Sutherland, were a mixed lot 'compared with New Zealand hercts. That was his impression, at any rate. . "I also visited some of the shearing Sheds," continued Mr. Sutherland. "The wool was coming out well, and all to whom I spoke seemed very satisfied with the clips." While the question of whether Japan was,going- to buy again this season had not been settled, the growers, nevertheless, were all very jubilant over the fact that, even without the Japanese,'prices had kept up. ; j - . Mr. Sutherland was^mpressed by the irrigation schemes along the border between Victoria and New South Wales. The Murray River had been dammed, and there was a great supply of water
in this reservoir.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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369A GOOD SEASON Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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