Our Vaunted Rival.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 11, 14 January 1904, Page 4

Our Vaunted Rival.

Mr 0. Sumlerlaind, of Tomoaim, wlvo recently visited Ang'ent.ina, was iijiter viewed by the Itawko's Bay Heialid as to lvis impressions of that country. lie was, he said, disa)>pcinU'.l with live country. It was m> doulvi a g'oud count ry for slock, far as m!vivj> wei\ i concerned. As a ;mrU<*r of J'acl, shcrp aie rajjkHy in nmn'l/ers. On one large station tbeiv usinl lo be 18U.UU0 lJlwvj). irow thnv are only 80,000. In an-olh-er wJiich he visitKl Ihere uSk'J to l)e 'lO.fKKi, now Oliere aix' 40(Hl. He heard the same tale (•\»ery\V'lw»re. As to live (lovernnuent leUirns sihfowing- a large increas,*, Mr Suiwl-erlaivd said thai the. Clovernm<Mit motbods of arriving at the mmrtxT of sheep in t;he country are very crude. There is no such, thing as a return of the number of .stock by each owner. The numbers ai - e at by tlu\ weight of \. r o;>l ex|X)rted i . F.'i<gtish iwideivts o 1 !' io'ngstaiidmg estima'i-c.'l the number of sheep in the count! y nt only about 70,000,G00. lie did not think it woidd injure our mutton trade. It was more likely to interfere with our dairy business, and the people over there are going into that line extensively.