As showing the advance in the price of sheep during the past few years, and consequent profit to the owners, the following forms an interesting illustration : — ln stocking up a North Canterbury run in 1897, a line of 3200 merino ewes were bought at 2s 2d per .head, totalling 11346 13s 4d. Last month 868 of the culls of this line were sold net on the station for 1:355 18s. The purchaser has had three clips of wool and three lambs from the ewes,, and the remainder of the line would realise quite 12s per hea<J at ruling rateEi
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 56, 7 March 1901, Page 1
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