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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 44, 17 March 1909, Page 2

| The present state of the lamb trade is causing South Canterbury farmers some annoyance. A well-known farmer stated in Timaru on Saturday that farmers did not know where they were just now in regard to their fat* lambs, I as the altered basis of buying had altogether upset their calculations. Previously growers had aimed at getting heavy lambs with plenty of fat on them, but now buyers had fixed 3l>lb as the maximum weight for first quality, with the result that those who had honglit store lambs at up to 13s fid each to fatten were losing money, as the lambs

were worth no more than this when ready for killing. The prices now oH'er- ] in# were—Up to 3111b, first quality 4'/oil j per ll>, second quality s'aine weight 4>/ l d; I •'hlli to 4ilh 4 1 /, d; over 4211) 3%d. j Tims a big lamb over 4<>lb did not fetch as much as a prime quality lamb, and farmers when buying stores pieked out the biggest framed lambs, thinking to make up in weight fur the reduced price now offering per lb. Hut instead of attaining their object tliev now found

| themselves worse off through having big lambs;. Further, the farmer said that smiling lambs up to ,~)0|b Home hail been the means of detracting from Hie reputation of the N'ew Zealand lamb export trade, something smaller and not so fat being what- was desired by consumers in Kngland, hut the Midden change in weight and the drop in price would mean a heavy loss to a good many sheep men this season.

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