ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS, 1923 (30TH APRIL).

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 4, 20 October 1923, Page 276

ANNUAL SHEEP RETURNS, 1923 (30TH APRIL).

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Class. Auckland. Napier-Gisborne. WellingtonCoast. MarlboroughWes . CanterburyKaikoura. (including Southland). Total Dominion. rams . 538 926 3,243 580 3,586 1,989 10,862 rams . O 83,995 68,231 16,434 69,822 57,006 319,193 Wethers 209,827 486,322 562,336 204,711 483,795 604,636 2,551,627 Breeding-ewes . 977,433 3,405,019 2,787,702 684,971 2,872,220 2,335,658 13,063,003 Dry ewes 51,566 230,667 172,054 46,132 152,562 164,951 817,932 Lambs 474,788 1,815,404 1,455,907 313,705 1,069,673 1,189,345 6,318,822 Totals, 57 6,022,333 5,049,473 1,266,533 4,651,658 4,353,585 23,081,439 Totals, o 5,625,001 4,765,649 1,344,444 4,584,841 4,197,169 22,222,259

TABLE I.—SUMMARY BY SHEEP DISTRICTS.

Grand Total, Stud and other Sheep. Year. Stud Flock Rams. Stud Breedingewes. Stud Dry Ewes. Stud Lambs. Stud Sheep Flock Rams. Breed Sheep Crossbred Sheep. Grand Total, Stud and other Sheep. Wethers. Breeding-ewes. Ewes. Lambs. [914 ,869 321 229,055 13,526 69 170,1 734.619 ,661 3,211 ,121 1,152,749 7,008,613 24,798,763 1915 3I5.25I 237, 17,341 176,556 746,865 3,270,221 12,377,624 1,365,119 7,141,592 24,901,421 24,788,150 1916 316,131 252,201 15,012 175,155 758,499 3,478,263 12,640,566 189,023 1 6,721 24,788,150 1917 329,230 160,212 6,212 114,778 610,432 8 3,457, 13,099,957 ,066,435 35,738 7, 25,270,386 1918 325,m 171,437 297 125,116 627,961 3,696,520 12,850,597 1,592,452 7,770,772 26,538,302 1919 O 4 165,676 12,196 127,150 626,326 3,922,632 12,176,224 799 7,304,171 25,828,554 1920 306,621 154,516 9,803 109,454 580,394 3,901,742 11,415,159 1,814,391 6,208,284 23,919,970 1921 322,144 158,608 9,513 110,428 693 600 3,634,799 180 II ,336,306 5,724,053 23,285,031 1922 322 154,277 7,259 98,221 581,829 2,727,624 777 952,7 9 5,618,240 22,222,259 23,081,439 1923 330,055 172,843 9,013 119,749 ,660 631 2,551,627 160 12890, 808,919 6,199,073 23,081,439

TABLE II—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT : TEN YEARS, 1914-23.

Breed. Auckland. NapierGisborne. WellingtonWest Coast. Total in Island. Westland. CanterburyKaikoura. Otago. Total in South Island. Total in Dominion. Stud sheep book) Merino . Lincoln . Romney Leicester Leicester English Shropshire Southdown Corriedale breeds 72 0 , 11,304 588 454 248. 730 22 68 3,428 10,357 665 35 3,930 780 73,550 754 383 102 15,409 ,260 395 17,280 . 95,211 1,342 1,502 385 20,069 1,282 463 8 499 6,698 260 201 183 122 . 491 1,326 16,983 491 6,122 9,859 19,907 300 , 7,693 30,249 10,085 3,333 1,034 26,756 12,326 763 39i 153 5,293 i,5i5 29,216 2,024 39,576 22,445 871 2,874 7,968 36,033 926 29,216 19,304 134,787 23,787 23,373 3,259 28,037 37,315 13,389 Totals 14,486 18,415 104,633 137,534 19,680 689 , 51,564 174.933 312,467 of a breed in • Flock-book Merino Lincoln - Romney Leicester Border . Leicester . English Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Half-breds . breeds . . 11,980 10,421 240 3,368 2,298 3 ,980 386 2,383 532 15,163 64054 1, 2,137 IM79 433 I3,54i 243 181 781 3L377 42,857 ,012,363 5,290 9,37i 680 26,659 33,545 1,284 961 58, H7,432 2,416,252 10,795 12,848 4,187 42,180 34,174 3,848 3,274 182,160 5,oii 156,482 777 7,43i • 1,256 206 13,642 196,281 2,077 843 5,318 79 53,747 71,059 4,851 850 5 357-294 832,112 32,377 282 14,374 829 59,9o8 5,846 909 i7,H3 254,728 282, 3,051 873,379 24,703 548,987 U4,432 • 84,336 7,016 23,169 625664 , 1,310,455 37,505 931,899 142,135 2,965,239 125,227 97,184 203 349 659,838 1,314,303 40,779 Totals 277, 1,261,422 1,164,387 2,703,510 565,323 851 127 1,233,196 646 6,353,156 Crossbreds not wise 445,670 4,742,496 3,780,453 619 681,530 696,842 3,068,825 6,447,197 . .816 415, totals 1,737,857 6,022,333 5,049,473 663 , 1,266,533 4,651,658 4,353,585 10,271 ,776 23,081,439

TABLE III.—DISTRIBUTION OF THE VARIOUS BREEDS AND OF CROSSBREDS IN EACH SHEEP DISTRICT (1923).