THE ENGLISH CATTLE MARKET AND COLONIAL STOCK.
A recent review of the farming situation in the United Kingdom says that the past autumn will pass into history as a fairly satisfactorily season from a stockbreeder's point of view. Despite the depression and great scarcity of monoy, good stock for breeding purposes realised satisfactory prices. Some pedigree, stock sales gave what, indeed, might be failed record results. One thing has beer abundantly proved—that there is stil life and vigour in the stockbreedinj resources of the United Kingdom Many sales doubtless suffered verj much from the scarcity of money Farmers have had I'.tMe opportunity of amplifying their bank balances o late, and heve had to limit expense; in many other directions besides thi purchase of stock. It is, however satisfactory to note that ordinary farn stock have latterly been improvin; somewhat in value. The supplies ii the markets of the past month wen not so hravy as they often are ii October, and any really goo( hoir,e-brod stork were .eadily pickei up at remunerative prices. The pro bability is that the worfcl has beei seen of American competition in bee and mutton. The live stock of tin Republic are reported to have de terioraled surprisingly since the im position of the M'Kinley Tariff, am her own requirements are alread; being inadequately served, The "Wellington Poet points out with reference to the shipment of livi •neat to England, that a Mew Zea lander may claim to have first advo cated such a revolution, for somi three }'ears ago Mr Clulee, the ex purieneod manager of the Timari Meat Freezing Company, then jus returned from a visit to the Oh Country, after an examination of ai the ramifications of the trade, strongly advocated the alternative of ihr ex portation of live stock. His view wero very fully set out in a series o valuable ai'iieles jiu'Jishcd at the timin the Tiuiaru Herald. Experts i* the trade were then disposed to thin! Mr Cluloe'a ideas chimerical, but, liki many another peaceful revolutionist that gentleman may live to be avengec
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 116, 20 February 1895, Page 4
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344THE ENGLISH CATTLE MARKET AND COLONIAL STOCK. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 116, 20 February 1895, Page 4
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