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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 26 (Supplement)

Sheep for Argentine. Following on his recent successes in the South American sheep markets the well-known Masterton sheep breeder, Mr Wm. Rayner, is again forwarding a number of high-class stud sheep to the Argentine and Uruguay for sale by public auction. These sheep, together with a number of Stud Lincoln rams being consigned by Mr L. R. Wilton, “ Rangitumau,” Masterton, are being shipped from Wellington per the s.s. Huntingdon through the Stock Department of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited. The sheep being forwarded by Mr Wilton are all two shear sheep, low set and carrying quality fleeces of typical Lincoln wool. They are being shipped to Buenos Aires and should meet with a ready demand at the sales to be held there in August next. Three Breeds Represented. Mr William Rainer's consignment this year includes Lincoln, Romney Marsh and Corriedale sheep and a number of each breed are being forwarded to Montevideo as well as Buenos Aires. This well-known breeder has an established reputation in the Argentine as a stud master and his sheep always command a ready sale. Included in the sheep being shipped by this vessel is a stud Corriedale ram hogget bred by the Australian and New Zealand Land Company’s u Moeraki Estate,” Hampden, Otago, and destined for the Argentine. The stud Romney Marsh ram hogget selected and purchased by the company's experts from Mr J. G. Alexander, of Maxwell, at a record price on behalf of one of the foremost breeders in Uruguay is also being shipped with this consignment. Disease Among Pigs. New Zealand is alarmed at the increasing Incidence of tuberculosis among the pigs in the Dominion, and the matter is not without interest in this country in view of the increasing quantities of pork arriving from New Zealand, states a Home paper. The New Zealand Department of Agriculture, in jt* annual report, says the pigs affect represent 16.78 per cent. of the 768,976 slaughtered in the year. It i 3 assumed that tho chief initial source of infection is by milk and the by-products of the dairy. It is stated that tuberculosis in both the dairy herd and in pigs is commoner than is generally believed, and the Department of Agriculture warns pig keepers against feeding their animals on dairy products derived from tubucular cows. Precautions are also advised, including the elimination of diseased cows. During 1936 New Zealand sent to England 579,086 cwt. of chilled or frozen pork, compared with 490,301 «wt. in 1935 and 414,275 cwt. in 1934.

By “STOCKMAN,"