NATIVE SCHEME STOCK
HEAVY RAILINGS C.OOi) PRICES RKALISED One indication of the fine class of cuttle and .sheep being produced on the- ,).>!<; acies of the native land development .schemes in the Roto!'!ia and isay <;f' Plenty areas is the large number being sent from the districts. Sold on the hoof at prices comparing more than favourably with the ruling rates, "1 J head of cattie have been railed Ibis s ason. n increasingly large number oi' sheep and cattle is going to the liotorua abattoir for local eonsumpi ion. '! here was another shipment last week of ilolstein ;;nd Hereford bullocks when ;17'> left the schemes. The drafting and culling of this stock lins been under the direction of the supervisor, lUr \V„ Scott, At the present time there are about fifty individual farms in the area administered by the department and the land is carrying near'y 12-100 dairy cows. Paeiory returns and herd-testing both show that the 'and is productive and that the work of the IVfaori farmers is equal lo that of the pakehas. No new unit fa.'ins, however, haAe been developed in the past year.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 155, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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187NATIVE SCHEME STOCK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 155, 3 May 1940, Page 2
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