SHEEPBREEDER'S OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 8

SHEEPBREEDER'S OUTLOOK.

7s •;]■:';; ■ : --a - ; 1k ■ absr- .vietv.- : ;--"' ; : ■;■■: -'iliv'.VThe/.vieissitudes'.- through which tho: .;.;'! ;,pastoral' interest,- lias V passed of ■ . laro :-'t ;.;years':cbritihue t-oi' : '.perplex and harass. /:.;,'; the 'business' of ,the sheep-breeder (says. ."; : , , f ';: "Farmer-arid'.Stockbreeder;" Lori-; ;:/; 'don);'' It; ,;was;-;aiitieipated : two years; ;';;'-,; ago. that wool' had. reached' the-highest y^''point, '■:and; that ;thore,;.would; a: ;: ,'- gradual and;Coiitinubus decline in jjrices V-" .duo'to'the.recovery, of Australia 'and ...,';the ; largo,, sljipnients ' .made '.to ..this; ; : iicbuntry;;- ~;That: ' :predictiori; ::.,■',, entirely falsified.: .We find-iwool actually .;,'.: .stronger ■ to-day: .thau'iit ;.wa's--- : a :!ycar; K; i.agoi .aud'the prices' made are distinctly ■Sf'<[ of an ohcouragiiig -'.True: the ;..;.;'-soft.'wools : have'.had ; their, year, , : .and. ;;.-those, of'strongor. description 'mayj.-eome-; r '::";into..faslripn.''nejt,-. butit'Js- significant; ;;,':;;thai',; the ..'demahd has ;.l)eeii-;.pf_" : an all-. iKround chara'cterj.;aiuFthat\W ? breeds; '".:.;v;:liav© inj .i:nnsequence.. ;"VVe ?ss. may; the : price'of jwobl is:, .>;";/■ an; : ;;impqrtant :factor .in ; v ; ;h .offthe sheep - trade;,', It is 'mdre;;sb T i in i ■ :,v;ithe;-case : ,of ;the ; long;; wool;.-;than' ,'tlie. ;A•./'■[.short', wool; breeds,. the;' latter'.being for thoV'inost/partAbetter . ; mutton ' types, ; : :.; ; .v'than-'jthe;•lustrousrcoated; aiid ;hcayier '? ;■ ..'bo-found.; ; in;;: ( Lincolnsliire,, .;;;;Devonshiro,:' and:: elsewhere'.;; One , can ~s\ that;a'good/cheqUo ; fbr r wool -/■; \ means • much ;to, ,tlie;': "sheep.:.:feeder : or. A' : 'V;tfeeder.: ; If:|he ; : clips oloyen. 'poundsjof' >':;,vwodl."on 1 his 'lung ..wgols,'' the',; difference', ■S/'-Vof, a 'few, shillings". por ; head'.is- ; ..cph'sider-': %;;;; ; 'able'. in'the; flo(;fe,; : which[hiay.:tetal-.fpur. X';;', figuresin '-nnniber;: : ;[:' ihad^reached.'their,highest; poin't.'during '■:. ..'vfche; Japanese:' war, ".feeders -had 7cheques.. y.-';fattain ;V:;i'i'year.,like;the': theyjare :;[^':;^uite;;: : satisfactory.^.:o : .,: : .:'::\ : r')';'*'■ '{'■■;-[ ':'■■ ':;'% : i6 The::;difficuJtyxthe:i; sheep-breeder:;-; is's-.'''■ -in isyto.^^gauge..;; the ; , : muttori ;iinexplicable vv.V.why-muttoii shoiild:' improve ;sb'much; iri> ;:;;,W,pricey.;as) a[■;• finished^/article:Jiti:-,twelve' y ; [!;':nibnths,i:ahd : ;'jet>the' ; ; stofes' : a7'' ; Bh6uld;be-s6;;slack;:;;Fat lairib; tooj;;has; hot-; quite: recovered,;; its'-placed:: iu.;;: ; the.; '?;:~ : market,;'' alhoughthK: denied, /bfttairily■;of ;■'a -much';mpro;vhopoful: :-. [',;.;■ tejr,than,it was during '1909;, which may ■;•:'■' :; ; ;oades; : vTho; :incfease;d ; ',values .[for, *;j beef [-.lias;-:helped,s iri; ;;an/ obliqiie ;:i: way,: vKvtbximprpve. .the>.pnce;:.'of rrriutten.',';,ln. : ? :-';[jwas 'not;: : marked;: as iih' V. the';'general V'xjmarket,; but. it,was''s'ufficient't6,,indicate ;for";the' j ;'time;;p'eing,, mutton,--had ■;F r : 'gone, r into:: disfavpurj ;Vcither["with ; v ,the'; v^; : butcher; of; .the %public,':or /bptli.p'At'all; &;■ -i[- •;. the iVmiddleinan: ■A -obtain''-prime.;jbints;,at'.Ms own,"price, [•;';v,aiid ",,we,.'dp;:noti'thihk;;'''th'at' : the .'public' n;,.:; ;;bencfitv :: HowGK :eiv£f;':-. what.-'j-he'' -.made. in-;v mutton: ■':-. he ;i, T 'partly; j los.t:in :for.;thef.e}: isi;,rio '-■•■•V ,iriistaking-:;thei: fact? '.that ;.;witfc'the f high'' had ;a[:smalj : a->". margiri 'of ■:profitiy'.Sd.', far-as ;the' : ,y<"v riot;ch'mb;much;.-h'igtier, : :but,mutton' ;.; : ;baliiiot!.slide t 'baclnvards^^lndeedj:-.';.the ■JV': impfbyemeiit t ;:has. ;,beeh '■■: very ;* jrapid '■!. so ■ ;aSia'. r:~.-i,:c6mparison [-figures made, aboutHwo,-'or 'tty three ;r[v .iebned WvVpositibri;;anything: but;satisfactbry';:bui: >;;viitVrnust'be fembmbprWvtliat/'.for,': ,twt> ;ix,;J<sars' ;(1908-7) [the'dqtibf [the/ pastqralist v[r-';[wasscastVin' very.rhappyrplaces; ;;[ :ft.;'v t ;;.Sp.;'far''-as: bfdinary:,farming is -:'■;.-co'ri-i. : ; '[i.:.:.cerned,.;.,th'e -sheep.i l "is;invaluable,-;[ ,not, :;|<:':c)rily'i,for the;'immediate/-profit -H :ii;,;:,brings ; thei[feeder,-. bu't : ;also[ ; as.[a,;: \&is~tributor of [fertility.', [Indeed,' ori; barleyr: .';}j ;■ growing';, farmsj, a: cheep's; hoof Joh i the [.;;[,,;-land.'(is /'considered [te"?be'%brtn' ! a[. cbiivv';. ,on;,.:rich';s^ pft.sbut on mediumi"'farms,'>'and- ! pn"fsomo\ :> M: [;:[;;:;,the /poorest;sbil'ibf-■'; ;;it[;;is; ;v/[ ; i^ispensab!e; :i :JKKvto>baro'-§ra ;/'[ 's.'-'.'of /.the'; Fell /-Di strict; 'or .'i'the^- } heatherScottish/?hills;,''-: Orio' "/Jifihds vt& jsheep R put :to[:.pr6fitable; ;Viiso ~1/7. wholly, ' i by.-/[reaso£^of:''thb i find a[ living,;' [/;:,; 'so'that the/pastoral interest [is/in many. ;:.',,■, invaluable,/'riot.[merely /its' a: direct. ;j[/;;;so'uroe ;/.;-V;,not.be' kept'j-butalsp/a's-.a/mearis'.of im-. 'land; -for ~ the:purpose'.[of rev; croppmg;; ■; : $ ';; tK. [■' sheep-: ;.';' ; .-:;breeder-s"position /has[greatly "ihlprbved /;/: during,:the last, twelve.; months;. arid' ,we ///,:[ \ look:--for' 'continuous v,bo tteririent /in' the' : ' ;;;'/,;year/tb;[;come;[.[;;!:/'/'i : ;^:jv:-' ! ; .;:;[//,/v , :V.