THE FROZEN LAMB TRADE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 47, 19 November 1917, Page 8

THE FROZEN LAMB TRADE

:Mr. Leicester Matson, says the Christchurch "Press," received the following reply from the Hon.. W. D. S. McDonald, to the telegram sent at the request of a meeting of fanners at,the Addington saleyards on Wednesday, in reference to a minimum weight for freezing lambs: "I have your telegram of Testerday advising me of. the' resolution passed by farmers at the Addington* market and noto its terms. There are certainly sound practical objections to a minimum weight of thirty-four pounds for freezing iambs, arid I can assure yon that any restrictions whish ma" I nvo to be made as result of shipping position will bJ very carefully consider*! before being' put into operation, in order hest possible under circumstances can be done for farmers and for all concerned."

. The accuracy of tho message from Ha'wke's Buy regarding the huge prices offered for calves is very much doubted in stock circles, says our 'Wanganui corvespond*ent. Moreover, it is very singular in face of tho fJTct that at the Feilding stock sales on Friday there was rather a serious drop in tho price of ■both cattle and sheep, amounting to from 10s. 6d. to 15s. per head on cattle and 6ome shillings on sheep. Farmers, when asked the cause of tho sudden fall, expressed the opinion that prices of all stock, and especially of stores, had been too high in relation to the price of meat. ■Corriedale breeders will be interested to learn that the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, which first established its Corriedale flock in 1874., lias just shipped two exceptionally well-bred stud Corriedale rams to Mr. J. F. Guthrie, Gcelong, who is president of the Australian Corriedale' Association, and wlio claims to possess tho oldest established stud of this breed in Australia. Dalgety .and Co., Ltd., who, made tho necessary arrangements, will also ship 200 Corriedale rams very shortly to America, on account of Mr. C. H. Ensor. • A sow, the property of Mrs. Galvin, of Milltown, Southb'ridge, produced a litter of no fewer than nineteen pigs tho other day. They were an even, healthy looking lot. Another remarkable happening occurred at "Oak Farm," the property of Mr. H. J. Greenwood, South, bridge, on Monday, when a Clydesdale mare gave birth'to two splendid filly foals, both of wliich are living and doing well. EARLY CLOSING. The early closing of shops necessitates householders replenishing their supplies of "Fluenzol 1 in the daytime. "Fluenzol" with its variety of uses is indispensable in every home.*