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C —continued. PERCENTAGES. Percentages of each Breed in each Sheep District.
SUMMAR Y. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1929 and 1930. Stud sheep*(entered in Flock-book) — 1929. 1930. Rams .. .. .. .. .. 12,794 14,248 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 219,802 244,480 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 7,203 7,884 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 156,526 174,862 Totals .. .. .. .. 396,325 441,474 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flockbook— Earns .. .. .. .. .. 409,537 434,369 Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 1,039,943 1,051,286 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. 3,886,345 3,987,758 Drv ewes .. .. .. .. .. 220,332 261,984 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 1,925,634 2,004,429 Totals .. .. .. .. 7,481,791 7,739,826 Crossbred and other sheep not otherwise enumerated— Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 2,249,192 2,316,630 Breeding-ewes .. .. .. .. 12,502,008 13,331,937 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. .. 655,163 807,804 Lambs .. .. .. .. .. 5,766,903 6,203,616 Totals .. .. .. .. 21,173,266 22,659,987 Grand total of sheep .. .. .. 29,051,382 30,841,287
Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. . —- : _ . g* i i-S 11 J "il 3 § i i-s I 3 -a| | lis |I « I I ! *1 "31 e SiSl 5 H ° <1 O >. >. cSp eaw g O :: ! I Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) —- Merino .. .. .. 0-00 0-00 0-00 0-00 0-49 i 0-22 0-11 ! 0-20 0-09 Lincoln .. .. . . 0-02 0 02 0-10 0-05 0-02 0-00 0-01 0-01 0-08 Romney .. .. .. 0-64 0-26 1-45 0-79 0-73 , 0-10 0-79 | 0-49 0-65 Border Leicester .. .. 0-03 0-00 0-01 0-01 0-02 i 0-22 0-16 i 0-17 0-08 English Leicester . . .. 0-08 0-00 0-00 0-02 0-12 ! 0-35 0-02 j 0-17 0-09 Shropshire . . .. 0-01 0-00 0-00 0-00 0-01 ! 0-05 0-01 I 0-03 0-02 Southdown .. . . 0-17 0-19 0-62 0-35 0-11 0-32 0-05 ; 0-16 0-26 Corriedale .. .. 0-02 0-00 0-02 0-01 0-07 j 0-65 i 0-20 I 0-38 0-18 Ryeland .. . . . . 0-03 0-01 0 01 0-01 0-00 | 0-02 ] 0-00 j 0-01 0-01 Other breeds . .. 0-01 0-00 0-00 0-00 0-10 | 0-04 : 0-01 j 0-03 0-02 Totals .. .. 1-01 j 0-48 2-21 1-24 1-67 | 1-97 | 1-36 1-65 1-43 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 0-38 0-18 0-30 0-27 13-88 8-19 i 6-07 7-80 3-76 Lincoln .. .. .. 0-23 0-47 0-27 0-35 0-61 0 12 I 0-07 0-15 0-20 Romney .. .. .. 13-28 21-42 16-54 17-93 9-67 1-70 ! 0-15 4-64 11-77 Border Leicester .. . . 0-16 0-06 0-03 0-07 0-07 0-39 i 0-36 0-35 0-20 English Leicester .. .. 0-13 0-02 0-00 0-04 0-60 0-62 ! 0-10 0-37 0-19 Shropshire . . . . 0-07 0-00 0-02 0-02 0-16 0-11 | 0-05 0-09 0-05 Southdown .. . . 0-45 0-42 0-93 0-62 0-12 0-38 ! 0-18 0-26 0'45 Corriedale .. .. 0-1.1 0-36 0-30 0-28 2-27 11-20 6-47 8-02 3-87 Half-bred.. .. .. 0-19 j 0-02 0-03 0-06 17-43 j 11-92 | 5-08 9-29 4-34 Rye!and .. . . . . 0-02 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-13 0-04 . 0-00 0-03 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 0-04 0-02 0-03 0-02 0-60 0-22 ; 0-45 0-37 0-19 Totals .. .. 15-06 22-98 18-46 19-67 45-54 34-89 j 24-98 31-37 25-10 Crossbreds and others not other- 83-93 76-54 79-33 79-09 52-79 63-14 73-66 66-98 73-47 wise enumerated —-—-—— ; — Grand totals .. 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 , 100-00 ! 100-00 ! 100-00 100-00 |. wjSlgnSMI ISHM ■ I 'I'l 1