FOOTROT AMONG SHEEP.
* TROUBLE IN WAIRARAPA. * During the visit of the Hon. D. H. o Guthrie, Minister for Lands, to the solt dier settlements at Westmere and Poro--0 poro, in Wairarapa, it was mentioned that footrot. in fiheep is giving a lot of trouble in the district. Mr. A- D. McLeod, M.P., remarked that once footrot , was introduced on to laud it was almost 1 impossible to eradicate it. He had never , had footrot among his sheep. He did not i purchase shc"p unlefs he knew they were s absolutely free from the disease, and he always refrained from buying in a saleyard, unless he was certain as to the f vendor, and that the sheep were free t from footrot. By this means he had kept f hip land clean. i -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18130, 30 June 1922, Page 9
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