OVER-STOCKED.
VICTORIA CANNOT FEED, ALL HER SHEEP. , ; - ■ ,i '■ ■: • ANNUAL LOSS, 1,600,000. -■' (Eec. February 15,- L 5 ajnJ By Telegraph—Breoa Association—Cory rich I -' Melbourne,' February 14. The.Government ■ Superintendent. ofExpoiis that ,m;l9bß "a mililon and a half sheep' were lost. in/Victoria. through the practicoofbver-Gtocidng.' : //. : He ■ estimates the carrying' capacity of. the State /at between twelve, and/thirteen million; sheep.;. By- the . end;of;December next there wiU/bei an-increase;,of a. million and, a half, bringing/ the total 'far beyond the feed supply, and 'there,;will;, therefore,;. be ;another ? loss ? of/ a'million and a half. '/':■/ ' : He attributes -the increase ii the flocks to the' anxiety of; farmers to get 'as much wool.as possible, owing to the.high prices ruling; ;-v '-V'L
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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112OVER-STOCKED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 5
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