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C —continued. PERCENTAGES. Percentages of each Breed in each Sheep District.
SUMM A R Y. Number of Sheep in the Dominion By Classes, 1924 and 1925. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) 1924. 1925. Rams .. .. .. .. .. 12,008 12,400 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 179,533 184,744 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 9,727 7,867 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 132,137 131,485 Totals .. .. .. .. 333,405 336,496 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flockbook— Rams .. .. .. .. .. 320,806 343.179 Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 933,040 982,631 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 3,207,733 3,295,240 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 218,412 204,864 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 1,633,188 1,695,955 Totals .. .. .. .. 6,313,179 6,521,869 Crossbred and other sheep not otherwise enumerated — Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 1,873,992 2,081,032 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 9,688,828 10,235,239 Dry:ewes .. .. .. .. .. 818,311 671.035 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 4,748,061 4,702.284 Totals* .. .. .. .. 17,129,192 17,689,590 Grand total of sheep .. .. 23,775,776 24,547,955
Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. , I I 3 7" I i o ? i ■« §» ce . _ c i§ .2 S ]f 2 o| -c S bb # £ .* ft £ - -s 3 w 3 * g c3 -g s s iaS Bis,® i'S o O Z, X V <D H fc?- E w*j «! e ££ | & «M Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-82 0-32 0-01 0-26 0-11 Lincoln .. . . .. 0-03 0-03 0-21 0-10 0-09 0-00 0-02 0-02 0-06 Romney .. .. .. 0-67 0-20 1-47 0-76 0-75 0-12 0-70 0-44 0-62 Border Leicester . . . . 0-01 .. 0-01 0-00 002 0-23 0-25 0-21 0-10 English Leicester . . . . 0-02 0-00 0-00 0-01 0-08 0-38 0-01 0-19 0-09 Shropshire . . . . 0-02 .. 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-06 0-01 0-03 0-02 Southdown .. .. 0-10 0-09 0-41 0-21 i 004 0-22 0-02 0-11 0-17 Corriedale .. .. 0-03 0-01 0-02 0-01 j 0-06 0-69 0-15 0-38 0-18 Other breeds .. .. 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-01 I 0-07 0 05 0-02 0-04 0-02 Totals .. .. 0-89 0-34 2-14 Ml j 1-94 2-07 1-19 1-68 1 37 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book— Merino .. .. .. 0-31 0-05 0-35 0-21 15-48 8-31 7-26 8-77 3-98 Lincoln .. .. .. 0-80 0-99 0-74 0-86 0-77 0-17 0-24 0-27 0-60 Romney .. .. .. 12-50 17-96 20-49 18-10 9-01 1-55 7-97 5-14 12-39 Border Leicester .. . . 0-24 0-11 0-06 0-11 0-03 0-53 1-22 0-76 0-39 English Leicester .. .. 0-14 0-02 0 01 0-03 0-60 0-88 0-10 0-52 0-25 Shropshire .. .. 0-17 0-00 0-02 0-04 0-13 0-11 0-05 0-09 0-00 Southdown .. .. 0-19 0-26 0-58 0-37 0-08 0-26 0-04 0-14 0-27 Corriedale .. .. 0-17 0-06 0-38 0-20 | 1-22 7-80 7-02 6-66 3-05 Half-bred.. .. .. 0-18 0-03 0-12 0-09 16-92 16-00 7-20 12-46 5-55 Other breeds .. .. 0-07 0-01 0-01 0-02 i 0-01 0-07 0-00 1 0-04 0-03 Totals .. .. 14-77 19-49 22-76 20-03 j 44-25 35-68 31-10 34-85 26-57 Orossbreds and others not other- 84-34 80-17 75-10 78-80 j 53-81 62-25 67-71 j 63-47 72-06 wise enumerated Grand totals .. 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 ! I