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Woodville Examiner, Volume VIII, Issue 868, 10 February 1892, Page 2

The difference between a dairy breed of cattle and a beef producing breed is neatly put by the Breeders' Gazette; —“ You may take an Ayrshire and a Hereford cow, each as a perfect type of her breed, feed and treat them exactly the same. In six months the Ayrshire will have given 5000 lb. or 0000 lb. of milk, turning every day everything you give her into milk, while the Hereford will be dried up completely and be loaded with fat. The Hereford has by the skill of man been converted into a miser who will hoard up everything she cats and keep it for herself, and only give it up with her life, while the Ayrshire by the same skill, directed in another line, has been converted into a prodigal, retaining nothing for herself, but freely pouring out her all for the daily blessing of her owner.”

Ox the authority of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company the Standard sounds an alarmist note with regard to the importation of frozen mutton into England. It says : “ It has become obvious this year that the exportation of frozen mutton to this country . . . can be overdone. Although shipments from the River Plate have fallen off considerably latterly, and the importations from New Zealand have been

lighter . .'. the supplies are still far in excess of current requirements. During the past month the wholesale prices of New Zealand mutton have ranged between 2ld to 4ld per lb, whilst the last Australian cargo, which arrived in good condition, is priced at 3d.”