PROTECTION
WHAT IT MEANS TO THE SHEEPEARMER.
In these -days of high protective tariffs the economic position of the pastoralist as compared with other producers is an interesting one. His staple products—i.e., mutton and wool —have to he disposed of in a free market, open to the competition of the whole world, while most of his -requirements have to be purchased in a market hedged round in- one way or another by some species of protection. It has been said that "Providence helps those who help themselves,” and the onTy way sheep-owners can cope with their handicapped condition is to make the very most of what they produce.' For example, some men put their lambs on to rape undipped, and then are surprised at the length, of time they take to fatten. The most 'up-to-date sheep-owners in the world tell us that a dip in Quihell’s Non-poisonous Fluid Dip just before putting them on the rape will enable the farmer to produce lambs of the most approved freezing weights •jn the shortest possible time.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2346, 12 November 1908, Page 6
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174PROTECTION Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2346, 12 November 1908, Page 6
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