BETTER ARRANGEMENTS FOR FAT STOCK.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXX, Issue 11189, 3 March 1915, Page 5

BETTER ARRANGEMENTS FOR FAT STOCK.

The Sandon and Rongotea districts are large exporters of fat stock and in the past the balk of this stock has always been driven to Feildmg and Greatford for crooking to freezing works. On several occasions the Manawatu County Council have endeavoured to get fat stock tracked via SandonFoxton Tramway, bnt without success until just recently, whew word was* received from the Gear Meat Company that they were prepared to give the proposal a trial. Tracking yards have been erected at Sandon and Rongotea and tbe first consignment of lambs were forwarded last. week.

Word has now been received by Mr K. W. Heighten, buyer for the Gear Meat Company, that the line arrived at the works in tip top order. ’ The lambs left Sanson on Wednesday at 11. a.tn. arriving at the works at Petone the same night and were killed next day.

This arrangement will be a boon to farmers in the locality means their stock will be saved a long journey' along dnsty roads and also, as is sometimes the oa&e, a long wait . in. an accommodation pladdock at the end of their journey waiting for trucks. Under the preseht arrangement the stock can remain on the farm until the trucks arrive at the trucking station, and thus have every opportunity of reaching the works in the‘‘pink of condition.”