THE SHEEP INDUSTRY
STEADY DECLINE IN FLOCKS
Wellington, July 20,
The Minister of Agriculture at the conference of the Council of Agriculture, drew attention to the steady decline in the number of sheep in the Dominion. The last published figures showed that the drop had been in the vicinity of 2,000,000, while again this year there would he, he was afraid, a drop of; between 000,000 and 700,000. He hoped that farmers would not <*onlinne the present policy of letting their sheep stocks decline. He believed that - although sheepfarmers were passing through a very serious crisis, the prospects were probably brighter than they had ever been known before. He looked to things righting themselves a deal sooner than some people would lead others to believe.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2305, 21 July 1921, Page 3
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125THE SHEEP INDUSTRY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2305, 21 July 1921, Page 3
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