HOW THE SHEEP FARMER STANDS.
THIS SEASON AND LAST. BETTER OFF'BY''£2lo PER .1000 SHEEP. Comparing. r pncos>in--thoi.sheep'• and wool ■ line this season; mth,laEt. january,';a promin- ■ ent Wairarapa i stock > auctioneer, informed a Dominion representative:,, that he.considered' thai'.'the -positionnow' : was'; generaUyi l betterby £210 per thousand sheep:. The auctioneer jmade;liis 'estimate->up : ,iii : this Inc. Wth • Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. £ Wool clip (80001b.) ;... : Bd. 3d. 100 w Per hd. Per hd. Per hd.' .Fat lambs.. (800) ... Bs. 10s.-' ; ,:2s. ■/.•. .-80 Ewes (200) ... , ... Bs. lis. 3s. 30 Total ... ( 210 . Of, course, a farmer may;not sell hia fat ;.lambsj"bnt'..;wiU'BeU..hislwetheM ; aproxi'mately'" ,'the: ; increase of' £210 per year onsth&'shoep-yield-I /of "aithonsandxsnMPj vthereVis .naturally -/an increase :in".tjie-yields, 'if; not,in , the .prices^;of, ; w^t-ihaj; ! J>e teiro^^ .dustry, ~so: ithat' the ; computation:, should ,-bo I well within the margin. i/' •' j
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 3
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133HOW THE SHEEP FARMER STANDS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 3
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