BEEF CATTLE FARMING IN SOUTH WESTLAND

Authors

  • L.J. Williams

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1964.26.1188

Abstract

WE farm at Fox Glacier on the plains of the Fox and Cook rivers and their tributaries, the Clearwater River and others. The source of the main stream is the Fox Glacier which can be seen from the farm. Fox Glacier is 90 miles from the railhead at Ross; the road is good in parts and is being improved. Ross is 180 miles from the Addington market. This distance increases costs; the transport charge involved in sending a truck of bullocks to Addington is f34. Transport cost for lambs is 7s. 6d. per head to the freezing works, and for fertilizer from Hornby, f5 13s. 10d. per ton. Thus, the total cost of superphosphate at Fox Glacier is f15 5s. 10d. per ton.

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1964-01-01

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