["A Western Wool King – Conditions in the Nor'-West", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 07 June 1914, page 22]
Mr. Sam Mackay is a name that looms big in the squattocracy of Western Australia--as that of Sir Sam McCaughey fills the pastoral landscape of Eastern Australia. Up in the North-West and down in the South, Mr. Sam Mackay has his flocks and his herds and studs, and as a developer of our natural resources is an asset to the State.
His profits are largely the result of his knowledge and judgment, as we shall see, and as he is a great leaseholder from the State, the Labor-Socialists will hardly object.
Mr. Mackay left for his spacious pasturages on Sunday, and before he embarked the interviewer had a chat with the Wool King.
"No, we have not had a good season up in the North-West," said Mr. Mackay. "We had three or four inches of rain in our district, but it was patchy, and one has to be very careful."
Did you lose any sheep?
"Not many. I anticipated poor seasons and reduced my stock accordingly. The great secret of success is never to overstock, because if you do the natural feed is destroyed, and when the drought comes there is disaster. The stock simply die of starvation, and the squatter is probably ruined."
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