DOMINION'S LIVE STOCK.
DECREASE IN SHEEP : CATTLE SHOW INCREASE. A return showing the total number of sheep, horses, cattle, and pigs, m the , Dominion on April 30, 1919, has been issued. It is estimated that- the number of .sheep has decreased by 709,748 since the last census was taken. The following figures show the number of the various classes of stock m the Dominion at the end of April : —
April 30, Last 1919. Census I Sheep 25.828.554 26.538,302! Horses 363,902 378,050 Dairy Cows ... 820,451 793,215 Total No. cattle 3.021,781 2.859.465 Pigs 235.222 258,694
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 6
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93DOMINION'S LIVE STOCK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14985, 12 August 1919, Page 6
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