INCREASE IN MERINO SHEEP.
For the second year in succession the Annual Sheep Returns (30th April) show an increase in the number of Merino sheep in the Dominion. This year stud Merinos total 29,216, as against 23,612 in 1922 ; and flock sheep 931,899, compared with 842,293 last year. Included in these totals stud breeding-ewes have increased from 13,550 to 15,886, and other breeding-ewes from 344,663 to 375,287.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 4, 20 October 1923, Page 280
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67INCREASE IN MERINO SHEEP. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 4, 20 October 1923, Page 280
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