EARLIER LAMBS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 208, 18 September 1937, Page 16

EARLIER LAMBS

, Australia's Advantage Over N.Z.

VISITORS VIEWS

I An advantage in tho carly inarketi ing of lamb, which Australia holds over New Zealand, was commented upon by Mr. W. D. Lysnar, on kis xeturn .to Gisborne after a brief v'isit to. the Commonwealth. This was . obtained by virtue of thc fact that Australian floekowners,- bccause of the equable climate, wero able to fix their lambing for from four to five mouths ahead of this Dominion. Accompanied by his - daughter, -Miss Winifred Lysnar, Mr Lysnar tourcd in New SoUth- Wales, Victoria and South, Australia. The visit was a hurried oue, and although they wore -orily.. aksent from New Zealand aDout three weelcs, •they travelled inore than 3000 miles, and thns'had the opportunity of.seciug a great deal of the country. ■ Mr. Lysnar referred to a safe he attended in Adelaide. At this well-condi-tioned lambs of good constxtution wfcre realising from 24/- to 30/-, which- was

about on a par with the valne obtained lor siuiiiar conditioncd lambs in tnitr Bominion'later in the year. The strsmg rjredominance of Aieriuo' breeding, noticed in the docks of the three btates visited, had been introduced through the years, but there was now .a tendeuey towaxd tho raisxng of dual-purpose stieep. When iu- South Australia, Mr. Lysnur saw two' small studs of New Zealand imported sheep, oue comprising Romneys aud the -other Southdowns. Although tho quaiity of ' the Austra-( lian l^mb' w-as ixbt 'up to'that produced in Nexv, Zealand, 'the standard. .of the 'Commonwealth 's/vyool was better than ' that of this' oountry. ' "Mr Lysnar also enjoyed attehding.h wool sale in Adelaide, ahdyat, this 'the average for Meririo w;Ool .sifid/l'aecoTding to ;px*ess roports/ ytfisi.a; littlo aboye £19, ..whercas ;New Zealand- wool ;last season. average d about £20 a. bale. > '' , ^ Retuxhing 'tihia Adelaide ta Sydney •' by an in'tcriox r.oute, -the two "tourists wero1- intfigned by the ' comjaratively . uiideveloped natuve ol! sbino of tlie country' th.e'y passed-- through, especially - ihe opeu bush country where unmutal- . led roads seemed to: run- at random. with a number..of traciks that could be followed. Few : cattlo,-- were scen. but tho predominant.,bree4 appeared to bo tho Hereford-Shortixoi'n cross; In. that part of the contry there was a marked absence of Aberdeen Angus beasts. Mr Lysnar xyas impressed by the unquestionably good quality of the crops, many thousands of acres being seen, with wheat and oats preponderating. The practico of allowing the land to lie fallow between crops was a feature of the cropping system. This ,w'as possible by the areas .davoted to cropping, and growers di'd not take two successive crops from the 6ame- pieee of land, as is quite common in New 'Zealand. "In ihe cultivafion- of »the iields horses are more popular than tractors, and it is not an uncommon^sight to see.a tenhorse team. . drawing a five-furrow plough,,, he said. . . . . The vineyhrd country was not without its interest to the .tourists. , Vast areas of land had been niade euitable for cultivation by large irrigation 'sch'emes. Grapes and raisins are grown extensively on this clas,s of lahd, and irrigated areas are also widely employed in the cltivation of some of the finest oiange groves.