Argentine Wants N.Z. Stud Sheep
f Per Press Association. Copyright.l WELLINGTON. This Day. There' is at present a big demand in the Argentine for New Zealand stud Corriedale and Southdown sheep, said--Mr E. St.C. Haydon, newly-ap-pointed stock manager to Dalgety and C0.,..Ltd., last evening. New Zealand should be able to build up an excellent export trade in such stogk, because of several factors. First, with large Southdown flocks
to choose from, buyers coming to New Zealand could obtain high-quality stock at a better price than would be asked for sheep of a similar standard from the leading English studs.
Important Advantages. Secondly, the New Zealand breeding season corresponded with that of the Argentine, instead of being opposite. as in the northern hemisphere. This was an important factor to buyers of stud stock. The third reason was that stock was
not subjected in transit to the intense heat of the tropics. British sheep were reared under different conditions to those prevailing in the Argentine, and did not always adapt themselves to their new surroundings as well as the hardier Now Zealand animals brought up under conditions more natural and more closely approximating those of the- Argentine.
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Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 4
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