A number of farmers in various parts of the Ashburton County (Canterbury) are already complaining of being overstocked with sheep. It is estimated that there is> a large increase in sheep in the county as Compared with lost year. Several prominent graziers consider that the' over-suppiy of sheer, in the district will become a serious matter in the course of a month 01 two, more especially in the event or a severe winter This was previous to tne recent heavy Hoods, by which large numbers of sheep must have perished. i There is now a better inquiry for young ewes and hoggets, prices showing an upward tendency. Last weeK (says the Bruce Herald) two sales of fat wethers took .place -one at 24s and one at 24s 6d, delivered on the owners' farms near Milton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 3
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135Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 3
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