DOMINION'S SHEEP

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2738, 5 April 1916, Page 8

DOMINION'S SHEEP

: NEWS AND NOTESM

I's MR. E?-CLIFTON OirTHE DEMAND": !;:-■;;;; -:\:;:S- : TN A"MEKICA. ■ h ;.. That tie'near, future .will see a'very:' large and-Valuable demand in >,V.!for.New~Zealaiid stud sheep is the cdii-!■:-jiident .opinion; of- Mr. E. Clifton,.': who" {.■:"■• acted a's>New Zealand Conimi'ssio'ner/at, V- .Hhe : recentvPanama-Pacinc Expgjiition'j;; !. lend Commissioner for:«" New'> |-;.' JZealand': fbiSthe Western Coast o'f'A'me'te , ica.- He"returned to the Dominiori'bti" p -^Sunday Clifton, - who - left: New fviZoaland 1914, haß been en.'greater .part of the time p.'•■: •£ince:the.''alose of; the' Exposition in ar- £;' JTaiigirig /fqri'Jhe. return of the V,'. goods ; '"Viwhich forrned the New Zealand exhibit, j : '-a work that- has been hain-'-The. lat--1,-Hter, for mor'olim-' •■"..s%£, ■.;!!*.■.-''".; •' j '■;:[_. -Mr._ CKftoiv has,'jak'en* the ggportun.since- thV. close^bF-th'e, -fixpositioii,- .;.. "jofi.visiting;".'some ; of the.sheep country. . '*; : given soyerah v ad' ; v :|dresses'/ , one of--tho :vjni.ost.Uiapbrtaht. of;'which was that, to ':','■ itte members!of the National Wdp'lgrbw--' KljofsV "Association ., -at Salt Lake City,. ! "lUtah. ■■■') -This; "was attended by upwards. ■••ofCIoOQ, pastoralists. < All. the : varied .-."•;aspeots" , gf; the pastoral .industry^'.New: <iZealand;.were' placed, before,, jtlfp'. , ing '■byoMr.'-OTifton, who gave a descrip-'. sytionVvqf.^th'eVchief/!breeds-,favoured by '; r this country., ,:The: ut- > [post;interest-was taken in theDoming/Son's methods .of shearing .and classing :. of wool'and in. the general"get-up" of : >.ltha. clips:'.'; Mr: Clifton received numer-, ! |. jous invitations to addreßs other meettyjings. on .the", sanie ;subjeot, :but the. time f:'.;at.his disposal prevented.him from doi- iing'-';-.sd_?;i; j | .Jest interest; in. New' Zealand sheep,. and ' 'j ; srr'.',Clifton.'states that had'it been pos? i; /sible, to: obtain transport' of' stock, from ] U-here',to:'America at .that.,time,-.:fully t-ilOOO'st-ud- sheep would not have ful-; . j;-;, filled |th'e'demand on the part of...<the. i j.; l American-:-growers... ~,..: i j: 'v:"WhenYthe' ships are available," said j •jV: Mr.'. Clifton, "I, am r convinced that New . \ lv 'will- be able to Jook forward; to ' [;; a.very large'demand for'her" stud;sheep?, j I-The '.exhibition.''.of;-'pto |

Ji-jand'Asheep'i'at'; -the Exposition".:brought; 1 about. a 'very great demand for such }stock. ■;.It;had been expected that the /'Dominion's sheep would create 'ii good ; , ideal'Vof i attention, but the favourable : .comment that-was heard. among .prom-.-,"ihent'; breeders ■in the States was. en.'tirely. beyond- all anticipations. A ;■grand prize was awarded for New Zeayiand'js exhibit,of crossbred woolj and' a :•: large number 'of other prizes for other '■type's of wool." '*'. .-.,.....,., ..... ■■■,•;,Mr. Clifton said the sheep industry : i,in America was rapidly developing,-and ■the 'general maintenance of live stock > on. : the large farms was being fostered ;, by the : Department ;of 'Agriculture.'' :vEyery; encouragement was. being- given; : i':|>y toe State, to the sheep farmer.'