Great Britain’s Sheep
REMOVAL PROM INVASION ZONE The United Kingdom, exclusive of Eire, pastures about 20,300,000 sheep. Considerable numbers of these were located in the coastal districts menaced by enemy air forces and where tho risk of invasion exists. Some time ago, under official orders, 100,000 sheep were evacuated from southern countries to inland districts, the Government paying for their agistment. Subsequently, because of the increased danger, numbers of farmers in risky areas made private arrangements for the transfer of their flocks to safer localities. The stock were transported by rail to the Midlands. The landholders providing grazing will secure their payment for agistment by being given 50 per cent of the next season’s lambs. The British Ministry of Agriculture has heartily endorsed this effort of self-help, which could be much more quickly effected thau under official arrangements. The stock are a great national asset from the viewpoint of wool and meat production.
It is of interest to note that, of all the Australian States, only New South Wales, with 52,000,000 carries more sheep than the United Kingdom. Tho number of sheep grazed in New Zealand is 31,900,000.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 7
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188Great Britain’s Sheep Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 7
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