MORTALITY AMONG SHEEP.
LOSSES IN MANAWATU. (By Telegraph.— Special to Standard.' _ WELLINGTON, Aug. 20. The attention of the Minister of Agriculture was'directed by Mr J. Linklater tn the House of Representatives this afternoon to the serious losses to the flock-owners of the Manawatu and Ran gitikei districts through a disease among sheep. The member asked what steps were being taken by the department to assist farmers to cope with the situation. Hon. A. J. Murdoch replied that the disease was commonly called sleepinsickness, and it had occurred in seven i districts of the Manawatu and Oroua a: intervals. The number of deaths T h: c season had been more than last year. The trouble was of dietetic origin, aim tended to vary year by year accordin.. to seasonal conditions. His department had widely disseminated information re garding treatment and prevention, hot by means of visits of officers to the farmers, and through the medium •>'. lectures, and this work would Tie continued.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 223, 21 August 1931, Page 6
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