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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 14 November 1930, Page 24

A-Ptmcma. H. MATSON AND CO W 00 * AND MOUTH DISEASE. OTBE WE ABE AGAIN. Alter the visit of our British farmers to New Zealand numerous publications in British mstr* in respect tg assuring tho Colonic* that foot and mou {h dis ease ha d eeaaed to exist in England, and that the only jooliaj. community there was about was New Zealand In protecting herself by keeping up she barrier# and preventing th® fmp" u ?§ «f any class of stock that was lifcely to be • carrier of the disease and endanger the flecks of this country. Noodles* to jay most of these publications emanated not from too rail breeder, who can always And a market for bit own stock in his own country, but from the speculative dealer and the dealer ■who poses as a breeder. However, New Zealand was not prepared to take the risk. In fact, oar barriera In respect to protecting our country are not half stringent enough. Other diseases are finding their way into N ? w Zealand from other sources than England, _ including Australia. We have heard it reported and believe It »» a fact, that stock have sot in here with wobble fly, and if it had not been for the extra care and the fact that th« stock got into the hands of men who understand' the risk of it, we would have had another pest in this country. Undoubtedly the difficulty that we are having with lambs and sheep regarding worms, etc., found its way to us through Australian ports, Bezardinst the expressions of British interests that we in New Zealand *"ust have their stock, we entirely disagree. For years \ra have been able to breed our own stock, and it IS only the lasy or the breeder who is largely a dealing breeder, who would advocate the importation of stock to maintain his flock and herds, to save him doing as lie should do—build it up himself. One has only to turn to Australia to see what they did with the merino sheep. It was not importation, it was their own natural knowledge as flock mastery The same thing applies here as regards the wonderful standard upon which the Corriedale sheep has been produced, and if we fcan do that wtih those breeds, which we can, why the necessity to Import stock that in all probability is going to bring diseases into this country thai rant the risk of jeopardising the assets of every flock master in the country. Beeently an article has been published in the British M*e Stock Journal from a young Britisher who served some years in soutn America, and he refers to the New Zaaland sheep as being of each a high stjuuterd , m tb« Argentine that our sheep are becoming far mo ro Bought aHor than the British sheep. This man was octually a judge at the big khowa at Palermo and other places in tho Argentine, and ho is also recognised as a capable judge in Great Britain, therefore we e»y to our efcud bredocrs not tteea the interests that are endeavouring to breafc down our barriers *nd open our ports. for the importation of shoep, merely to ®" d outlet for those dealing breeders in the Old World whose stock are not attractive enough to find an outlet, bene© the desire to explpit K< EISiS?&»BJUTIOH —Notwithstanding the assurances of our y°rjhy otimber 28tb the THve Stock Journal ot September zbt *i ldvb£ a second outbreak of foot .nd month disease occurred in Yorkshire insi week on a farm. You will notice th, 3 is the second outbreak. Tbey ara now endeavouring to make a change of policy to try ami keep the disease in check, but the fact re; mains that notwithstanding all assurances that we have from these different places at Hone, they have left no stone unturned to paint tho picture up to the very best that thar can possibly do. Two outbreaks t sow takes place quite recently.thelatest being this one In Yorkshire. They are now rcftoftbc to buvnins the hsy and fodder* destroying everything that was likely to be in contact with the animals or the locality, tit* boiling and sterilising of meat and P®P®r wrappers, the destruction of bay and straw, tbs prohibition of -importation of trees, shrubs. vlants* bulbs, etc. . , Wo note that importations have been madQ of horses which in our opinion « ■ ont " e 1 1 / wrong, and tho barriers as regards regulations abonld b# considerably tightened up w> that diseases cannot find their way either afrom Australia or Great Britain to the pastares of Nftfr Zealand, and not only the foot' osd month disease, but other diseases that apparently they are incapable of btamping out ia such as scab, etc. We Iqiow the dlAcnltles we had locally with it in the eW Gr«at y ßritara the present Jims is leaving no stone nnturned to exploit our market. At the present time wo bave ambassadora of one wit and another endeavowing to lull the fear and the risk that we have In »e»pect to these matters. Thank roodcess tie greater portion of our flock masters are steady men who can produce ttoeM that is able to find a market and ct "°* tseto with any other country, and are not prepared to accept any risk that will prejudiW tho asset, of ttm and 00 . H.- MATSON and GO'S ANNUAL »ffr f, AAT.g «t Tattersall's will take ptaMpn SATOBDAY, NOVEMBER the and of Show Week, We look forward to tho support of vendors and dairymen and . herd-masters throughout the country making purchases as heretofore. j Vendors, send us pirticulara of your entries at the earliest possible iSt# * h. MATSON and CO. (JtACKItIJTG DEFICIENCY DISEASES. "Breeding and young stock make heavy demands on the land for the minerals us<ed ia the formation of bone, etc. A 10001b bul» toekrMßirea to nddition to other minerals,/ ls£» equivalent of 1331b of superphosphate rT f S6SU> of Unto, a brood »ow will lose lios of minerals per day in her milk. Nearly all our soils are deficient in phosphates and lime. Fodder grown on such soils must also ba abort of these elements, and the shortage i* niiiind on to the stock. Coasty cattle, the twl» dlsta*» of sheep < tatty infiltration of the liver) and stunted and generally i nnUwtftt stock result when these mineral* are the lower the pastures ane In mineral content the lower is the tarrying capacity, the slower the growth of youngirtoek, and tho higher the Incidence of disease. Top-dressing will do a lot to remedy the position. The application of super has been found to increase the phosphate content of tho herbage 2J times, and tho lime content threefold. On poor pastures and broad acres it lit often Impracticable to top-dress, and the -a«e of lieka baa to be considered. (H. MATSON and CO. SUPPLY MOOKIfSPBINdS XiIXIT MINERAL BLOCKS.) All -herd masters and dairymen should order LIXIT, as once used they will never be without it. Obtain from H. MATSON and 00. or from your own 'Agent yIG BUSINESS NEEDS BIG MEN. Tho well-known American banker, Mr Otto Kahs, la one for whoso judgment in many tbines, including business matters, men both is the Old World and the New have , come to b&ve nn extreme respeot* Every now and nffffa hj» puts the world in -his debt by a letter on some flnanoial* commercial, .or industrial point of immediate public interest. Tfe* most recent of these letters has just feeen printed and circulated by 'thei. Com* of American Business Men. It deals with "Some Aspects of the Depression,' and there Is sot one of ita twenty little V agea but contains, observations which are of exceptional importance. One' which meet held our attention was about the urgent need for the higher stan(tard of leadership and management made necessary by tho great size and scale of modern business. 4 . "We had gone ahead," he says, blithely creating aggregations of capital, some of them of huge proportions, without sufficiently bearing is mind that the right handling of such aggrogationa requires, at the helm, men of exceptional ability and character, and that the supply of men thus qualified is exceedingly limited.*' ' . , And here Mr Kahn touches one of the root causes of the-present troubles in world industry. , ' li has been too hastily assumed that size i» an end in itself. It has- been seen that the big business is more powerful than the small one, and it bas been assumed that the etrength is all in the size, whereas it is really 'ln the - skill with which the size_ is amuagedt and led. Size in business is a 'strength whan It ie the expression of a strong creative force, when it is the inevitable result of" growth brought about by exceptional powers of leadership.: It is not a strength when It la brought about by simple imitation, by a desire to be in the fashion, or when it ia the result of a policy based not -on experience and knowledge but on catch*"°Si*e la business which is due simply to the desire of a man or a group jOf men to ma in {or what they called "rationalisation" is not a strength but a weakness, not a safety bnt a danger. The wreck of a 50,000toa steamer ia more easily brought about and men appallingly disastrous than the wreck bs little doubt," says Mr tt.im. "that under existing world conditions there la special call and need for constructlv# statesmanship In economics and finance and ia business itself." ■ . . . Personally we aro of the opinion to-day is » day of individual effort. Note the P°wer of the submarine boat aa against large battlefhipty* Tho over stufplus of money, the all too ready Investors who create concerns or who milnnee r then with tho one desire of dividSnSrappe.™ t° be a liability to-day and set an asset. Individual effort, personal and direet management, backed' up oy mnn;r yea's of experience, is an asset which the farmer can rely upon obtaining by supporting H. XAWSOK and CO. _ mm* h. uAX»os —& <*»-