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C—continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1938 and 1939.
SUMMARIES.
Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1918.
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Stud Sheet) Sheep of a Distinctive Breed (entered in Flock-book). Crossbred Sheep. Dominion. 1938. 1939. 1938. 1930. 1938. 1939. 1938. 1939. Rams .. .. ., 12,261 IS,278 510,099 530,348 .. .. 522,360 ! 543,626 Wethers .. .. .. .. 1,171,322 1,183,036 1,723,395 1,632,032 2,894,717 2,815,058 Breeding-ewes .. .. 266,724 268,237 5,105,228 5,333,119 14,291,914 14,358,923 19,663,866 19,960,299 Dry ewes .. .. 7,588 7,729 298,357 301,550 728,632 565,906 1,034,577 875,185 Lambs.. .. .. 195,045 190,189 2,254,847 2,231,133 5,813,362 5,281,601 8,263,254 7,702,923 Totals .. ... 481,618 479,453 9,339,853 9,579,186 22,557,303 21,838,452 32,378,774 31,897,091 j ;
" ass.x ™Ks; |H?£Sai;« °if.rsr gg% \ »;?' ' ° SS - JO. »,:s. I JO. SSSk. «*. Dominion. ; . - : - T t j , f-it f T • . ; Stud rams (entered in Iflock-book) 1,230 1,018 3,788 937 3,200 3,058 13,221 Othorrams 67,095 116,958 114,60S ; 22,574 99,161 110,012 530,405 Wethers .. 396,078 547,830 536,475 , 230,965 505,168 598,742 2,815,058 Breeding-ewes 2,408,929 4,246,346 4,234,527 859,719 3,813,960 4,396,818 19,960,299 Dry ewes .. 67,196 185,773 163,786 60,820 197,153 200,457 875,185 Lambs .. 806,340 1,904,854 1,610,436 373,918 1,348,433 1,659,042 7,702,923 Totals .. 3,746,768 I 7,002,579 6,663,617 1,548,923 5,967,075 6,968,129 31,897,091 ! *"' ; s" •
| North Island. South Island. Dominion, Year, '—! 1 : Breoding-ewes. Dry Ewes. ;Breediug-ewes. Dry Hwes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 1918 .. .. 6,846,053 1,106,652 6,175,981 492,097 13,022,034 1,598,749 1919 .. .. .. 6,311,797 1,202,085 6,030,103 609,312 12,341,900 1,811,397 1920 .. .. .. 5,838,704 11,243,633 5,730,971 580,561 11,569,675 1,824,194 1921 .. .. 6,312,456 I 890,601 5,835,332 455,218 12,147,788 1,345,819 1922 .. .. .. 6,771,482 [.525,903 5,724,572 434,145 12,496,054 960,048 1923 .. .. 7,170,154 I 454,287 5,892,849 363,645 13,063,003 817,932 1924 .. 7,148,949 680,806 5,927,145 365,644 13,076,094 1,046,450 1925 .. .. .. 7,463,735 .535,878 6,251,488 347,888 13,715,223 883,766 1926 . i .. .. 7,503,200 663,427 6,445,052 416,308 13,948,252 1,079,735 1927 .. .. .. 7,905,432 513,915 6,926,298 317,776 14,831,730 831,691 1928 .. .. .. 8,211,878 470,006 7,322,173 399,031 15,534,051 869,127 1929 .. .. ■ 8,820,536 483,397 7,787,619 399,301 16,608,155 882,698 1930 .11.. ... 9,312,461 570,946 8,251,714 506,726 17,564,175, 1,077,672 1931 .. .. .. 9,247,005 642,488 8,361,724 568,220 17,608,729 1,210,714 1932 .. .. 9,170,996 581,452 7,892,064 680,726 17,063,060 1,268,178 1933 .. .. .. 9,318,941 486,037 7,890,756 512,849 17,209,697 998,886 1934 ... 9,524,065 424,170 8,047,361 508,986 17,571,426 933,156 1935 .; .. .. 9,697,231 502,032 8,115,186 486,033 17,812,417 988,065 1936 ; . .. .. 10,300,826 407,164 8,368,135 467,927' 18,668,961 865,091 1987 ; ' .. .. 10,570,388 406,392 8,761,689 389,125 19,332,077 795,517 1938 ., 1 .. • • 10,735,889 508,558 8,928,037 526,019 19,663,866 1,034,577 1939 • .1 .. 10,889,802 416,755 9,070,497 458,430 19,960.299 875,185