STOCK EXPORTED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 304, 12 May 1941, Page 3

STOCK EXPORTED

BEES, BULLS AND OYSTERS SHIPMENTS FROM BRITAIN Dogs of various l breeds, fowls, ducks, pigeons, even oysters and bees, are unexpected iteinsi in the livestock safely shipped from Britain overseas during 1940. Preliminary estimates put the total value of it at a large figure not l'ar short of £800.000. Seventy Per coni of this is accounted for b.v horses, either for breeding or racing. Thoroughbreds were sent to the United States. Canada. South Africa; Argentina. Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Barbados. Hunters were, taken by Canada and U.S.A. as were Haokncvs and Clydesdales. The U.S.A. was in fact' Britain's biggest horse buyer by far lasit year for she also took polo ponies, Shetland ponies. Arab horses and Suffolk Punches. Altogether, 1627 horses, were shipped from Britain d.uring 1940, compared with 724 the year before and 1200 in 1938. Cattle; were the next most important export, about one-sixth of the total value. Shorthorns were sent to U..S A., Canada, Argentina. Uruguajr and Kenya. Of the dairy breeds Kenj'a took Ayrshims and English Jerseys; Brazil, Ayrshires; Nepal, British Fries,ians. Of the famous British beef breeds Aberdeen Angus cattle went to Can-, ada and Argentina, Here fords, to Argentina and Uruguay and a South Devon bull to Colombia. A feature, of the sheep exports was the growing popularity of the Kent, or Rontney Marsh, breed, which was shipped to India, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. Argentina took the greatest variety of sheep breeds; in addition to Kents her quota included Lincoln Long wools, Hampshire Downs, Ryelands, Southdowns, Border Leicesters and Oxford Downs Canada had SulYolks, Hampshire Downs and Southd, c:\vns; Chile, these two last; India in addition to Kents bought Southdowns, Hampshire Downs, Border Leicesters, Cheviots and Wensleydale.s,;. Uruguay took tlie Lincoln Long wool breed; Eigypt the Suffolk. Pigs of the famous; Large White breed, were sent to Canada. All this livestock is valuable pedigree stock sent overseas for breeding purposes: a proportion of it i? being used to maintain the standard of livestock in countries, from which foodstuffs ccnic to Britain. These exports are thus making a double contribution to Britain's war effort; and the £800,000 estimate of their value shows, a big increase over 1939 when it wa* £683,000.