LESSON FROM NEW ZEALAND.
in fattening sheep. \ australia'|j frozen meat problem. SYDNEY, August 7. When the inter-State Conference of frozen meat exporters was discussing the - new season's prospects, the president suggested asking the Government to send a commission, including wheat farmers, to study New Zealand methods of artificially fattening sheep and lambs, with a view to their more general application in Australia. Com* paring exports, the president said that New Zealand possessed flocks - totalling 25,000,000, ond exported 0,000,000 annually, while Australia, possess sing 80,000,000, never exceeded 4,500,* 000. The average for the past five years was about 3.000,000. The exports for the year ending June 30 showed an appalling decrease, the shipments totalling 9(35.000 carcases of mutton and lamb and 904.000 quarters of beef, against 4.500.000 carcases and 1,575,000 quarters for the previous year.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 9 August 1916, Page 4
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134LESSON FROM NEW ZEALAND. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 9 August 1916, Page 4
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