FARM AND DAIRY.
Tlic ilifforeiKT between a good sheepilog and oin? that bus nut served a reliable apprenticeship and the value of sheep-dog trials and training were referred to by -Mr. .1. Crawford Anderson (ISalclutha)'in a speeeli at a fathering of stockmen and fanner., ai I "ire. Mr. Anderson stated that sime trials had heen initiated the sheep-dog had improved out of all knowledge, and he went on to illustrate hi* point. "When sheep are being drafted at the freezing works;' he said, "we know that 01^ arrival there rejects are made—bruised . sheep, in other words. What is the cause? A lot of -bulldogs' who handle the sheep roughly when they don't conic up fast enough.' Those rejects mean Id or IV-.il per lb loss to the farmer. Sheepbreeders' should Hupport th ( . dog trials, which mean money, ft often astonishes me that the man with a large hold in the country will not lend us assistance in bringing Our collie-dogs to a state of efficiency."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 86, 7 May 1909, Page 3
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165FARM AND DAIRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 86, 7 May 1909, Page 3
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