LAMBING ESTIMATES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1944, Page 5

LAMBING ESTIMATES

WAIRARAPA FIGURES FOR 1943 SEASON In the last number of the N.Z. Journal of Agriculture is an 'article on the lambing estimates for 1943, contributed by the Live Stock Division. In the introductory it is stated: In estimating the number of lambs no account has been taken of the effect of a probable increase in the number of breeding ewes since the 1941 figures were collected and this must be borne in mind when comparing the estimated number of lambs with those of previous years. Taking the Dominion as a whole, the estimated lambing percentage is lower than that for the last three years, attributable to unseasonable conditions. As for the last six years South Island returns are higher than those for the North Island. In general there has been a considerable drop in all districts with the exception of Southland. The following figures for Wairarapa are of interest: —

w CL) o H G> *o ‘OJO £ o O O 33 £ 8 o <D 5 K □ (S Ph J s J Pahiatua 157,724 93.90 143,103 Akitio 160,172 74.20 118,848 Wairarapa S. 162,098 86.00 139,404 Masterton 295,884 79.00 233,748 Castlepoint .... 96,452 76.00 73,303 Eketahuna .... 13'8,514 86.00 119,122 Mauriceville 45,146 68.00 30.699