N.Z. Lamb Population Decreases
I Per Press Association.— Copyright.] WELLINGTON. This Day.
A decrease of 504,352 in the number of lambs for the current season has been estimated by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. Lee Martin. Figures issued last evening show the total of 16,645,165 lambs for the Dominion, compared with an estimate of 17,149,517 lambs for last year. Poor returns in the North Island were solely responsible for this drop in figures.
The estimate*;! number of lambs for the various districts in the North Island is 8.600,625, compared with 9,145,849 last year, a decrease of 545,224.
The estimates for the South Island show an increase of 40,872 lambs over the figure for 1937.
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Northern Advocate, 6 December 1938, Page 4
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