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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19437, 24 October 1925, Page 23 (Supplement)

There has lately been a remarkable development in the frozen meat trade in Continental countries. Last year the total importations from all sources —chiefly South America —Amounted to 459,000 tons, which was double the figures for 1923 (223,000 tons) and four times the 1922 figures (113,240 tons). Most of the meat imported by the Continent is beef, chiefly second-grade. .This trade does not want beef which is inclined to be fat.

There are now some 24,000,000 sheep in the British Lsles, though numbers are still considerably below those of 10 to 20 years ago. All sheep are high in price, store males a year olr ranging from £3 to £4 each, and fat sheep from Is to Is 6d a pound, estimated carcase weight. The recent fall in wood values came las a surprise, but it will not apply so much to the medium and lowgrade wools produced in Britain as to the superfine and fine grades of some other countries.

The calf, when a few days old, wants water. When he is three months old he will drink 14 gallons of water daily in addition to the milk. Don’t forget water—and have it fresh and clean.