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C — continued. PERCENTAGES. Percentages of each Breed in each Sheep District.

S U M M A E Y. Number oe Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1920 and 1921. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) — 1920. 1921. Earns .. .. .. .. .. 13,553 16,376 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 154,516 158,608 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 9,803 9,513 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 109,454 110,428 Totals .. .. .. .. 287,326 294,925 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flockbook— Earns .. .. .. .. .. .. 293,068 305,768 Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 1,005,066 945,099 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. .. 2,900,579 2,694,280 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. ' ... 331,583 246,935 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,516,146 1,368,772 Totals 6,046,442 5,560,854 Crossbred and other sheep not otherwise enumerated — Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 2,896,676 2,689,700 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 8,514,580 9,294,900 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 1,482,808 1,089,371 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 4,692,138 4,355,281 Totals .. .. .. .. 17,586,202 17,429,252 Grand total of sheep . . .. .. 23,919,970 23,285,031

Shei jp District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. ■a S rt 3 ci y ¥ is* o H 2 SP i "° O..S+ 3 II o tart • o rt HH O R a o a 1 o p Stus sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Other breeds 0-07 0-54 0-02 003 0-00 0-02 6-07 0-19 6-01 0-30 1-34 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-21 0-00 0-00 0-19 0-71 0-01 0-01 0-00 0-12 0-00 0-00 0-48 009 0-63 0-02 0-09 0-00 0-01 0-01 0-24 0-02 0-18 0-19 0-52 0-03 011 0-55 001 0-06 0-04 0-69 0-27 0-02 0-01 0-01 0-18 000 0-20 0-03 0-45 0-20 0-26 0-02 0-06 0-32 0-01 0-09 0-12 0-59 0-09 0-13 0-01 0-09 0-15 0-00 6-06 6-01 0-00 Totals 0-69 0-33 1-94 1-04 1-33 1-85 1-28 1-55 1-27 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Half-breds Other breeds 0-09 0-69 11-68 0-09 0-11 0-07 0-04 0-04 0-12 1-75 16-60 0-02 0-01 0-00 0-13 0-21 0-13 1-45 16-35 009 0-02 0-02 0-37 0-50 0-12 1-47 15-77 0-06 0-03 0-02 0-21 0-30 12-23 0-39 10-63 0-06 0-81 0-09 0-02 0-49 14-83 0-00 7-51 0-18 1-90 1-16 1-79 0-17 0-21 6-14 13-00 0-16 5-40 0-14 7-93 1-52 0-12 0-04 0-00 5-29 6-41 0-00 7-30 0-19 5-55 115 0-99 0-10 010 5-02 10-57 0-07 3-34 0-90 1116 0-55 0-46 0-06 0-16 2-43 4-78 0-04 0-02 o-oi 6-00 o-oi Totals 12-83 18-85 18-93 17-99 39-55 32-22 26-85 31-04 23-88 Crossbreds and others not otherwise enumerated Grand totals 86-48 80-82 79-12 80-97 59-12 65-93 71-87 67-41 74-85 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00