THE PRICE OF SHEEP.
The high prices ruling for snoop in the Wairarapa point conclusively to • he Tact that the frozen meat trado has made a heavy toll upon our flocks, and that tiiere m an abundance of grass in the district. Tbe ni-icfM ruling for fat ewes i\s ro high mi::!, ilicv ait- pl;n.cd almoi«l>.beyond
tho reach of buyers for tho freezing oonip.iiiieri. This-is, perhaps, a good thing for tiio UMrici, for there is *'« danger, whu-u sj many of our ewes and iambs are .sum to tho freezer, that our flocks will become depleted. In some parts of --o Dominion it has been suggested that tho exportation of owe laralw should bo prohibited for a season. Such an extreme measure will not bo warranted so long as breeders reserve to themselves a reasonable number of ewes, and do not take advantage of the high prices ruling to reduce their flocks below tho carrying capacity of the land.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 4
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158THE PRICE OF SHEEP. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 4
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