GOVERNMENT SHEARING SCHEME
Sir, —It seems to me that in the Wakatipu district there will be no applications under this scheme. It is all right for the learner, but not for the sheepman. Who is going to employ learners for its odd a week and after a great deal of red tape and halfshorn sheep, gets £-3 back. There is one way to get sheep shorn and that is to pay a higher price per 100. The price to-day should be not less than £3 per 100. Let any farmer or station owner round the Wakatipu offer £3 and there will be no shortage of shearers, the shearers are there, but the price is too low. 1 remember a few years back when the shearers were paid 18s to £1 and the farmer received 8d per lb for his wool. The lowest price for crutchings to-day is higher, yet the price per 100 for shearing has only risen £l. I would like some of the sheep owners’ views on this matter or perhaps some of the shearers’ views would be better. I am, etc., Fair Pay.
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Lake County Mail, Issue 21, 15 October 1947, Page 7
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186GOVERNMENT SHEARING SCHEME Lake County Mail, Issue 21, 15 October 1947, Page 7
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