Shortage of Wethers
DEI'OBTS from the south are to the effect that the season is an cx•eplional one for feed, and that turnip rrops have scarcely been touched so 'iir, stales tho Christchurch Press. Sheep conditions appear to be imilar to those existing in Canter.airy, oxcep; that the season in the south has been a very good one for cat lamb production. Tho carry-over of hoggets as a result will be small.
More ewes have been kept by farmers this season for absorption in the Hooks, a policy that has been delayed
longer than wisdom dictated, as the proportion of old owes that has been kept in breeding flocks has been much too large. As a result of this owe lambs arc in keen demand at country sales, and they are realising very satisfactory prices. Wethers, as in Canterbury,- appear to lie short. The number of fats coming into the market is smaller than usual, and with so much turnip focv! about there is an unsatisfied demand for ordinary to good stores for fattcn-
Although many more ewe lambs are being retained for use in Canterbury flocks, it is doubtful if they are ro> placing old ewes to the extont bclievqd r The killings of owes aro very much down this year compared to last.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19042, 16 June 1936, Page 10
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215Shortage of Wethers Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19042, 16 June 1936, Page 10
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