LOSS IN LAMB VALUES
THE LACK OF WATER The heavy loss in fat lamb \alues where water was lacking was mentioned by Mr. Anderson Riley, of Marlborough, 111 an address on water supply problems at Temuka. From his district, he said, about 60,000 fat lambs were railed everv season. I'orty thousand oF tin se lambs would be driven six or seven miles and during two clays they would not get a drop of water. At a very conservative estimate these lambs would lose a pound or two pounds each in weight. Lain - lated at (3d a pound, with only one pound loss in each In nib, tn£ oss involved each year in the district was considered to be more than i-IUW.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 12
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121LOSS IN LAMB VALUES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 12
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