FARM STOCK.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 April 1923, Page 8

FARM STOCK.

FIGURES FOR ELTHAM DISTRIOT.

LARGE AREA COVERED.

> The statistieii of sheep, cattle and iicHrses throughout Elthani police district have been, compiled during the past few weeks. These figures are for the 'use of the Government Statis./tician, and are recorded by the local ■~ police officer, a work involving a large •mount of travelling, as ey«ry '?arm' in : U»e area has to be visited, and the ;. *i»^».rotigh]y extends from to / Te Roti in one direction, and from Mangatoki to the farthest settlements b^y^nd Ombana, in the other. v The district include* not only the wholejof Eltham County, but also sectioos from Stratford and/Hawera, and one farm, near €h© Moeawatea streami far in the back country, which is withiii: the boundaries of Patea County. The figure*, which do not include Bl- : > tliara borough, are as under: — "■W'---'-:: VCJattW ..." ... ... 20,666 ; Horses ... ... I,oos Sheep ... ... ... 50,517 Thei maiorlty of the cattle comprise dairy herds, and the horses are nearly ail of the working class. • The sheep «re recorded on the tallies shorn for the season. figures for "Eltham borough are recorded by the postal offi-«««.-—Argus. ■•',•:-•'