General Remarks on Wool Growing.

Upon the whole, it may be said that the sheep and goat farming capabilities of British Columbia are worth the attention of practical sheep-farmers in Great Britain, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand.

I need not point out the advantage of being early in the country to start sheep-farming on the natural pastures, before sheep-farming becomes an affair of cultivated grasses and enclosures. This is a great point.

Sheep-land in New Zealand sells high, and there is but a limited quantity. Victoria, again is out of the question, as every acre of sheep-land is taken up (that is, claimed and occupied) right through to Sydney, and heavily taxed. South Australia again—there is no surface water; all well-sinking—which is very expensive. The days have gone by for an overseer or manager in these countries to get a share, or even an interest, in a run, and the colonial laws are pressing heavily on the squatters.