§ Mr. KILBRIDEasked the Food Controller whether his attention has been called to the fact that an all-round increase in the price of sheep during the spring months penalises all the long-wooled breeds of heavy sheep, such as Roscommons, etc., and differentiates in favour of the short-wooled varieties of light sheep, Roscommon wethers two years old in March weighing 120 lbs. per carcass, and short-wooled hoggets 60 lbs., the all-round increase working out at twice as much per lb. in favour of the light-weights and handicapping the heavyweight sheep?
§ Major ASTORThe increases in the price of sheep during the spring months are average increases, varying with estimated weight of the animal. I cannot agree that the prices fixed penalise heavyweight animals.