PRIME WETHERS AT 1/- A HEAD.
In the coursfe of a paper read at the Royal Agricultural Society’s annual meeting, Mr. J. Fraser, general manager of the Meat Producers’ Board, narrated something Mr. William Nelson had told him of conditions in New Zealand before the 1 refrigeration effected a transformation. The pioneer of the meat-freezing industry in the Colony had about 3,000 prime wethers on the road. Being short of feed, he was at a loss to know what to do with them. A stranger w,ho was passing stopped to have a look at the mob and Mr. ‘Nelson, thinking he might be a likely buyer, asked him if he would care to purchase them at 2/6 per head. The stranger ran his eye over them again and shook his head. Thinking he had asked too much for them, Mr. Nelson lowered his price to 1/- per head, but no sale resulted. Mr. Nelson then told him he could have them for nothing. This offer elicited the following. remark from the stranger: “What caa I do with them ?’’
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2714, 23 June 1925, Page 10
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178PRIME WETHERS AT 1/- A HEAD. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2714, 23 June 1925, Page 10
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