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HINTS
TO
INTENDING SHEEP-FARMERS,
IN
HEW ZEALAND.
BY
FRED. A. WELD , ESQ.,
OF FLAXBOURNE; NEW ZEALAND, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ETC. ETC.
WITH AN APPENDIX
CONTAINING AN
EPITOME OF THE LAND REGULATIONS
OF THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES.
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON:
EDWARD STANFORD, 6, CHARING CROSS.
1860.
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CONTENTS.
Introductory remarks--Progress of the Colony--The Pastoral interest--Prospects of Sheep-farmers--Capabilities of New Zealand as a pastoral country--Causes of the advantages it presents--They are referable in the first place to climate--Effects of climate on stock as seen in New Zealand--Propensity to fatten--Growth of wool--Immunity from disease-- Advantages referable to the Physical aspect of the country-- Sketch of the general aspect of the grazing districts, and their capabilities--Probable profits of Sheep-farming--Capital required to engage in that pursuit--Cattle--Horses--Selection of a "run"--Importance of care in a judicious choice of a breed of sheep--Guides in that selection--Description of sheep required--Merino preferred for wild runs, and reasons for that preference--But for cultivated pasture land a heavier breed may be taken--Treatment of sheep on arrival at a new station--Sheep dressing for disease--Per centage of deaths-- Lambing--Weaning--Shearing -- Personal qualifications necessary or desirable in the bushman sheep-farmer--Large capitalist sheep-farmers and land purchasers--Fencing and grass sowing--Small capitalists advised to buy good land and lay it down in grass--A few parting words of advice and farewell,
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