FARMING TO-DAY

Shannon News, 22 February 1927, Page 3

FARMING TO-DAY

A MINISTERIAL VIEW Speaking at Dunedin on Tuesday, the Minister of Lands, the Hon. A. D. Mclfeod, said that he had received 2b 6(1 per lb for crossbred wool,, and he did not expect to ever obtain such a price again. He believed that wool exports would bo up a little this year though not much He considered that wool was now at a point that growers on the whole, whose runs were not too heavily mortgaged, and who were fairly well established, would make a reasonable living. Dealing with meats he said that fat sheep were down 33 per cent on the value ruling last. year. A reduction of 7/- or 8/- a head meant a great deal to the sheep farmer. The farmer had toiled hard during the difficult period of reconstruction, and he would not be satisfied until every section of the community had taken Its fair share. There had been a complete collapse in the export oi beef, and this had been a serious blow to the farmer and the country.