LIVE STOCK OF PROVINCE
WEALTH OF PASTORAL INDUSTRY There are 25 counties in the pro. vince of Canterbury, and it is interest. J ing to consider the numbers of stock they carry. The trend of p r duction may be noted from thes§ figures, indicating which are sheep aaj which are dairying counties, and i®. plying those that are agricultural. The following table shows the numbs of cattle and sheep in the province ia 1933.
Cattle. Shesp, Dairy i Inc. cows dairy in County. cows.) milk Cheviot 6,600 1,257 197,2fl 428,752 Amuri 10,251 964 Waipara 6,641 1,710 403,75 99,253 Ashley1,539 523 Oxford 3,440 1,512 99,575 Kowai 3,873 2.174 77,045 Rangiora 7,264 3,956 3i521 Eyre 3,994 2,390 55,537 6,799 Waimairi 6,011 4.171 Paparua 4,993 3,304 Malvern 3,729 1,730 137,35? Tawera 2,763 680 109,200 Heathcote .. 2,430 1.467 11,885 Halswell 4,848 2,528 15,942 Selwyn 2,441 886 242,115 Springs 5,262 3,250 27.1S "Ellesmere .. 9,765 5,496 81,17® Mt. Herbert 3,064 675 50^95 Wairewa 8,164 2,119 85,367 Akaroa 18,201 6,668 115334 Ashburton .. 21,784 10,583 903,733 Geraldine .. 16,979 8,857 327,743 Levels 9,980 4,723 178,511 Mackenzie .. 9,246 2,315 552,191 Waimate 10,971 6,432 624,713 Totals (Canterbury) 190,233 80,370 4,901577 Total (Dominion) 4,192,023 1,723,913 27,
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21315, 7 November 1934, Page 8
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