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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. LONDON DEMAND. Onr London correepondent, under date September 22nd, writes.— "There seems to be a lot of speculation in spot lambs of all kinds, aa weii as old »eason N.Z. to arrive. Ae I wrote you some time since, it looked as though the market was not going to be over-burdened. "The trade realises this fact now and ai-e paying high prices far above what Smithfie'.d stallholders are asking. That means they are buving ex store and getting us much free storage with their current purchases as they j-osaibly can agtmst a shortage to be felt ver soon. The same parcels, purchased by speculators, are changing hands daily, ihe latter just getting a ''turn' out of them, f'nder the circumstances, for such Australian an may be available, anything up to six tlr.i'mgs. per stone of Sib, c.i.f., may be lade." In view of the statements current regaidiLg the Arger.ticc, South America, and Australian supplies, it may be feasible for lambowners in New Zealand to call a price for this year's product. If they ever had an ipor'tunity of trying out a market, it look 3 though that opportunity was probable and knocking at the door to-day. At the present time 1o the uninitiated it looks s a though Smitbfield was nominating the price s New Zealand, and SraithfieU appears to liiiyar and filler, and the m 1:.? seeim to be th-3 New Zealand produce.'. SHEEP AND WOOL. mvCKEASED PRODUCTION IN THE ARGENTINE. NO PROSPECT OF REPLENISHMENT. 'Although a comparison oi the volume ».' roo! »xivrted annually from the River Plate, taker, over a tange of two or three years, shows no market rcdtidion, if taken, however, in groups ft three or five vears, for the laßt three dtradee, the shrinkage will be seen to He both constant and progressive." This is a point made by Sir Herbert Gibson in the April number of the "Bulletin of the National Association of Woo) Manufacturers,'' U.S.A. Sir Herbert is recognieed as the moat reliable stock authority : n the Argentine, and consequently hie statencnt« have special interest. FULLY STOCKED. Herbe;t, in the course of his article, pointa out that "cattle breeding and agriculture encroached on the virgin pasture lands hitherto principally used for sheepraising, and flock masters were driven on) to the far south and the west, to extensive ranges of sparse pasture land that will not carry more than one sheep to twelve or fifteen acres, and which arc now stoaked up to their full sheep-carrying capacity. "WILL NOT KEEP PACE. "A review of the position of shecp-brced-lng in the various parts of the Argeniine Republic, extending tho range of survey from the northern provinces of Corrientes, Santa Eo, and Cordoba; westward to the foothills of the Cordilleras, and south-west to the Pat»(ronian territories down to the Straits SHEEP DIP. We a.re now taking orders for SHEEP DIP of all brands. It takes a good deal to beat NESS DIP, which we keep in stock ourselves. H. MATSON and CO. of Magellan, Irads to the conclusion that, 4w>wever more extensive and intensive may become tho production of cereals and other yields from the tillage of tho soil, of animal foods, including hogs, of dairy produce and small forming, sheep-breeding will not keep paeo, with other branches of rural industry. "Apparently those other branches yield, or promise to yield, more speedy and lucrative returns to_ the farmer; and as subdivision of the richer lands proceeds, the flocks diminish and disappear, while the available remaining areas in the more distant regions do not afford a visible field to build up new source of wool production to replenish the shortage elsewhere." MANURES and SEEDS. Atl makes and all grades from H. MATSON and 00.

FEED AND WOOL. SHEEP NEED MOBE THAN "GRASS.' (By Mr H. R. Archer) It has been remarked thai "we are what we eat." Thie has its application 1o sheep and wool, just hs it hu to humane. "The day seems passed." Mr Archer writes, "when all we thought eheep needed was grass, for there are grasses and grasses." In his contribution to-day he indicates what this sieans to the sheep-owner. Mr Archer aims at discussing, each week, matters of special interest to our men on the land. He is hero to endeavour to give you the latest in science, and he will welcome your queries— more—•specially if they are of general Interest. an understanding of the general dietary requirements of animate, but this week I want specially to point out the application of ■uch to the grazing needs of our stock. Particularly is it with the protein requirements of their diet that I wiah to deal now. Space prevented me from treating it in full last week. , The importance of the proteins in tlie diet will be realised. They are essential in that they are the tissue builders, the buildew of flesh, and they and they alone are able to repair the tissue waste arising from muscular exertion, from digestion, and Processes, in fact from the mere effort of staying alive at all. NO PERFECT PROTEIN. I spoke of the proteins being composed of different combinations of aminc-acids. There •re only eighteen or nineteen of these compounds of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and it is the different permutations and combinations of theso that make up all the different proteins. One amino-acid i» »nique in that it also' contains sulphur. vegetable proteins differ from animal prouina m their aiaino-aeid content. Enrely does a single protein contain sufficient different amino-acids to satisfy all the dietary seeds of an animal. | BINDER TWINE. We supply Binder Twine of all akes, and would draw your attention to Waahbouine's twine, which is tho cheapest on the markot. As there is likely to be some difficulty in ssouring flax, it would be well to order while the going js good. H. MATSON and CO. In fact, there is no perfect protein which would contain all and only the necessary constituent*, eo we have to depend on mixtures of proteins to give those that are required. If any one of the needed amino-acids be missing from the food supply of an animal, ft is then unable to make up ita own flesh proteins for lack of this miaaing constituent, and the whole of the rest of the food becomes useless, at least insofar as the building up of tissues is concerned. CARRYING CAPACITY. Realisation is growing on us now of the ♦itaj import of the amincracid content of the leaf proteins of the various fodder plants to the stock which have to exist on them. Those that the animal cannot utilise 7 are so much waste, and their nitrogen is excreted unused, ao the animal has to eat mucxi more than it should need to get those it requires. There ia evidently a direct relation between toe amino-acids ci the vegetation and the carrying capacity of the country. A VARIED DIET. In drought time the position becomes most acute, whea in addition to the general scarcity of the fodder there ia a corresponding lack of variety of fodder plants. All the more succulent baring been eaten out, the stock at best, of the most hardy. It is on their particular amino-acid content, favourable or unfavourable, depend the animals' chances of survival, since they can get no others. ThereVs a big field for investigation in the protein conetitutente of such plants, in fact of all fodder plants. When the deficiencies in the amino-acid content of the fodder plants of any district under such conditions are rocosnised. rhev in concentrates the usual drought-time fod- ,.". Tv •Pecially chosen by analysis for T- \ he DaTti cular deficiency. *----*- •( B greater variety A, -___._„ _/ .7- "rity i f » l can under «>• urging* of its owp instincts. CORNSAOKB AND WOOLPAQK6 1 WOOLSACKS i„ our Store, andean deliver to any point. Do not Jeayn it until the last moment. aesa your orders to H. MATSON and CO. now. i B. and CO., .Cfhpaiejrazah.