OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS.
— - ■-"■ . FAT SHEEP AND MUTTON. PROBABLE AUSTRALIAN DEMAND. [BT TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PALMERSTON NORTH, Thursday. It is the general opinion of those vho are in a position to judge that :ho prospacts for next season are exceedingly bright for the primary producers. Th» latest to express that view is Mr. D. i Buchanan, the well-known Ayrshire ' breeder who has just returned from a visit to the agricultural districts of New South Wales where, ho studied closely the conditions prevailing there and the jnjssibilities that might accrue to New Zealand as a result of the drought. ''I am convinced," he said. " that the prospects for next season in the Dominion are exceedingly good, partly a.* a result of the terrible drought that has prevailed in the Commonwealth for so long. I shall not be at all surprised if very soon we experienced .1 big demand for fat sheep and mutton from Australian consumers because their own stocks pre depleted and they must draw supplies from somewhere. Graziers should he on the look-out for this demand whiij I feel sure must come *<,*>«."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18396, 11 May 1923, Page 10
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182OUTLOOK FOR FARMERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18396, 11 May 1923, Page 10
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