Practical Tarnmas
Tarnmas was asked which he would rather have, half an orange or eightsixteenths. “Half,” said Tarnmas. “Why?” continued the teacher. “Because,” replied the canny little Scot, “wi’ the sixteenths you lose such a lot o’ juice!” * Germany has lost about a quarter of her cattle through epidemics, says Prof. Schmidt, of the German Institute of Animal Husbandry. * In the Middle East, sheep are little skinny things, each weighing about 251b5., and the beef is “just like eating camel.” Pork can be obtained at prices between 9/ and 12/ per lb. ir Gross proceeds of wool disposed of in Wellington during the 1942-43 season was £2,396,400 11/3, compared with £2,089,342 8/1 in the 1941-42 season.
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Northland Age, Volume XII, Issue 47, 2 September 1943, Page 1
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