MARKETS FOR STUD STOCK.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10069, 17 August 1910, Page 3

MARKETS FOR STUD STOCK.

A SUGGESTION.

Contributed.

The Dominion is justly recognised as being capable of producing some of the beHt longwools, crossbreds .andd)wn sheep in the worta, both for the purpose of mutton and woo!. The opinion of some of the most eminent London woolbrokers is that our crossbred clips are far and away above those of any other woo! producing country. Hitherto very little has been accomplished in exporting • stud stock to improve the breeds of flheep in other partß of the world. The splendid victory gained by that noted Romney breeder, Mr E. Short, of Waituna, at the recent Argentine Centennial Show, baa been the means of bringing that particular breed of sheep very prominently before the flock masters of that large country and demonstrated what highclass stock we can produce, and will in all probability lead to further business in the near future. Indeed, Mr Short's enterprise, so far as it goes,' is pne of the finest advertisements the Dominion could have had. But the matter should be carried much further ahead. There is not only the Argentine as a prospectve market, but South Africa is also a field that should be exploited. In both countries the sheep''farmers are fast realising, and alive to, the bene-, fits to be derived from high-class sires. In the latter country great strides have, since the Boer war, been made in sheep husbandry, particularly so in the quantity and get up of the wool exported. At onei time Cape wools were looked upon as of, very low grade and value, but now some clips approximate very closely in price to our best crossbreds. These are two markets to which our,stud breeders should direct earnest attention; arid use every effort to create a trade by adertising and sending some of their best stock for exhi bitibri and sale. To further this object, combined action should be taken by our most prominent agricultural Associations, and the State to advertise our stock. To this end it would seem desirable ihat pamphlets should be printed and distibuted among beeders in the abovementioned counties, giving a list of all our principal breeders of studs, together with the pedlgreee., of. the animals, as detailed in tbe several stud books published in the Dominion, and accompanied by illustrations. In the case of the Argentine a fair proportion of the pamphlets should be issued in "Spanish,!', the recognised language of country, and posted to the leading and most prominent ejßtancia.owners';ln that;great 'tlty; and established': butfor I cattle and;horßes ajfsb/" ...'. j