At The Furrow’s End

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 230, 17 December 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)

At The Furrow’s End

Canada’s Wool Production Woolgrowing interests in Canada confidently believe that the sheep and wool industry of the Dominion will show further marked expansion this year, states the “Financial Times,” London. It is stated that “the wool clip is superior to that of 1926.” Canada has still a long way to go, however, before it will count in the world’s wool markets. At the end of 1926 there were only 3,350,507 sheep in the Dominion. Tho total amount of raw wool exported from Canada in the fiscal year to March 31 was 6,233,9811 b.,

ing to accelerate the rate of progress. Notice is periodically received of new range herds being established in Western Canada, while the value of the sheep on small farms is being more generally appreciated, and a small herd is increasingly becoming an additional phase of mixed farming activity. The sheep population in Canada would appear to be definitely on the rise.

While Canadians consume 75.451 b. of beef per capita per annum and 77.441 b. of pork, the average annual consumption of mutton is only 9.381 b. While a large and profitable export trade has been built up in beef and pork, that in mutton is insignificant and 98 per cent, of slaughterings are consumed at home. mutton from Canada represent 1.5 per cent, of those of bacon and hams, and 11 per cent of those of beef.