THE SEASON’S LAMBING: NORTH ISLAND ESTIMATE.
From information furnished by the Inspectors of Stock in the various districts the average lambing for the current season in the North Island is estimated at 91-34 per cent. With 170,154 breeding-ewes in the North Island, as shown in the 1923 sheep returns, .the number’ of lambs is estimated at 6,549,143. The corresponding figures. for last year showed a lambing percentage of 90-36 and 6,118,530 breeding-ewes. South Island and Dominion estimates will appear in next month’s issue.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 348
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83THE SEASON’S LAMBING: NORTH ISLAND ESTIMATE. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 348
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