Sheep Possibilities In
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New Guinea
CROSSES between Asiatic and j Romney Marsh sheep, and especially the back-cross to the ,omney, are proving to be useful 00l growers and carcase animals in le Highlands of New Guinea, says ie Australian Territories Depart- Lent in a recent pamphlet.
At the end of 1952, there were 100 sheep in the two Territories of apua and New Guinea —300 r them in Papua and most of the dance in the Highlands.
Officials say that experiments are ;ing carried out to see if sheep isbandry is an economic proposi an in the Highlands. There is still icertainty as to whether pure omney or Romney back-cross are e most useful in this country. The ieep are run in small flocks (30 40) with cattle—it is found that is difficult to care for the sheep operly, in larger numbers. The def trouble in low dry areas is the rew-worm fly, and in moister eas infestation with internal para «s.
It hoped to obtain from the ex riments being conducted at Non gl by the Hallstrom Trust, infer ation as to the technique of anagement necessary for such nning in New Guinea.
20 Years Ago
It was reported in the PIM 20 ars ago by Mr. E. J. Wauchope at he had obtained excellent re- Its on his coastal plantation near adang from the crossing of Asiatic th Romney Marsh sheep. And he •ongly recommended that official ly should carry on with such ex riments. But, as so often happens, icialdom ignored the pioneering irk of private enterprise and oceeded to do the whole thing all er again a generation or two later.
[?]inister for France in New Zealand, Noel Henry, with Mrs. Henry, visited Tonga and Samoa in the October [?]ua from Auckland. Mr. Henry is [?]nce’s senior diplomat in the South Pacific.