U.S.A. SHEEP-GROWING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 83, 6 April 1916, Page 6

U.S.A. SHEEP-GROWING.

AN INCREASING INDUSTRY. INQUIRIES FOR NEW ZEALAND SHEEP. A big exportation of live stock from New Zealand to America is one of the results of the Panama Exposition foreshadowed by Mr. E. Clifton, who acted as New Zealand Commissioner at; the recent world's fair, and who returned to Auckland by the Niagara. Prior to taking over the work at the Exposition Mr. Clifton acted as New Zealand Trade Commissioner on the Western Coast, of America.

Writing from San Francisco a err* respondent states that Mr. and Mrs. Clifton were given a great send-off! when they left the Western City. During his stay on the Pacific Coast Mr. Clifton laid the foundations for a considerable volume of trade for New Zealand with America. He was farewelled by a large and important deputation of members of the executive of the Exposition. One of the most successful features of the New Zealand exhibit at the Exposition was its display illustrative of the sheep-breeding and wool-exporting industry, and much of Mr. Clifton's activity has been in the direction of fostering interest in the woollen industry. He has personally visited much of the sheep country of America, and one of the many addresses he has given on the subect was to the National Woolgrowers' Association, at Salt Lake City. On that occasion, according to the statement of th.-; correspondent, the 1,500 delegates kept him busy answering a battery of questions. At that time, had New Zealand been able to meet the demand, fully 1,000 stud Gheep could have been exported from the Dominion.

"A large- demand for New Zealand stud sheep may be expected from America as soon as the shipping facilities are available," stated Mr. Clifton to an Auckland interviewer. "A great demand for our stack was brought about by the exhibition of New Zealand purebred sheep at the Exposition. We had confidently anticipated that amongst pastoralists the New Zealand display would create widespread attention, but we were not prepared for the universal approval that was expressed by the breeders of the States. In view of the growth of the sheep-breeding industry in the United States and its careful fostering by the Agricultural Department a big inquiry for New Zealand sheep may be anticipated, (-s----pe-cially for Romneys, Corriedales. and Lineolns.''