Lambing Estimates For 1945

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 72, Issue 2, 15 February 1946, Page 155

Lambing Estimates For 1945

A NEW ZEALAND RECORD

Number Tailed Should Exceed 20 Million

Contributed by the LIVESTOCK DIVISION.

I ’HE highest Lambing percentage estimate ever re--1 corded in New Zealand92.64has been made for 1945.

While the percentage estimate for the South Island was, as usual, higher than for the North Island, the difference was only .19 per cent, (compared with a difference of 3.99 per cent, the previous season.

From the estimated number of lambs in the Dominion in 1945 measured by totals in other years, it is reasonable to assume that for the first time in the history of New Zealand farming the number of lambs tailed in any one year will have exceeded 20 million.

FINAL WOOL ESTIMATE ' An all-time record weight of 372 million pounds is revealed in the final estimate of wool production for the 1944-45 season in New Zealand. This total is 27 million pounds more than the previous record figure reached in the 1941-42 season, and 42 million pounds more than the 1943-44 total. Average seasonal production during the three immediate prewar years was 309 million pounds. SHEARING AND TAILING In the 1944-45 season more sheep and lambs were shorn and more lambs were tailed than ever before in New Zealand. The latest figures, with the figures for the immediate pre-war year, 1939, in parentheses, are as follows: Sheep shorn, 30,285,000 (29,042,000); lambs shorn, 5,245,000 (4,119,000); lambs tailed, 19,453,000 (17,230,000).

County. Breeding . Ewes. Estimated Percentage of Lambs. Estimated Number of Lambs. AUCKLAND DISTRICT. Mangonui 33,967 87.08 29,578 Whangaroa .. 14,386 88.35 12,710 Bay of Islands 61,325 92.36 56,640 Hokianga .. .. 54,339 85.80 46,623 Whangarei 93,494 87.40 81,714 Otamatea 78,379 91.9 72,030 Hobson 76,598 94.68 72,522 Rodney 93,815 83.88 78,692 Great Barrier 7,209 69.96 5,043 Waitemata 78,365 91.08 71,374 Eden .. 2,653 96.74 2,566 Manukau 65,035 86.54 56,281 Franklin 106,839 101.9 108,869 Coromandel .. .. 36,790 - 74.22 27,306 Thames 8,926 73.81 6,588 Hauraki Plains 13,785 96.01 13,235 Ohinemuri .. 13,185 93.51 12,329 Waikato 165,985 99.18 164,623 Raglan 398,719 91.35 364,229 Waipa .. 190,160 96.91 184,284 Piako .. ■ 142,649 102.77 146,600 Matamata 255,373 104.63 267,197 Rotorua 88,921 100.47 89,339 Taupo 23,903 90.83 21,711 Taumarunui .. , 101,932 93.0 94,797 Kawhia 66,326 92.20 61,153 Otorohanga .. 140,743 96.0 135,113 Waitomo 350,741 88.28 309,634 Ohura 106,446 94.0 100,059 Kaitieke .. .. 66,860 97.0 , 64,854 Tauranga 132,850 96.0 127,536 Whakatane .. 45,480 88.6 40,295 Opotiki 53,190 79.2 42,126 Totals .. 3,169,368 93.64 2,967,650

County. Breeding Ewes. Estimated Percentage of Lambs. Estimated Number of Lambs. • " 1 . ■ s - ' EAST COAST-HAWKE’S BAY DISTRICT. Matakaoa .. .. 59,868 79.08 47,344 Waiapu 237,452 80.43 190,983 Uawa . 121,671 83.67 101,802 Cook .. 435,451 89.63 390,295 Waikohu 345,761 86.62 299,498 Wairoa 399,084 80.78 322,380 Hawke’s Bay 952,325 87.02 828,713 Waipawa 420,488 97.29 409,093 Waipukurau ' .. 142,112 96.02 136,456 Patangata .. 480,483 88.07 423,161 Weber 51,399 95.0 48,829 Dannevirke 287,670 100.0 287,670 Woodville 86,411 100.0 86,411 Pahiatua 157,462 93.0 146,440 Akitio 152,251 87.0 132,458 Totals 4,329,888 88.95 3,851,533

Clifton' 89,417 97.14 86,860 Taranaki 25,977 97.17 25,242 Inglewood 50,084 91.68 45,917 Egmont 18,881 97.49 18,407 Stratford 97,917 86.0 84,209 Whangamomona 49,428 86.0 42,508 Eltham 54,354 95.97 52,164 Hawera 78,954 100.68 • 79,491 Waimate West 5,083 103.84 5,278 Patea 208,169 101.8 211,916 Waitotara 135,206 93.5 126,418 Waimarino 178,036 87.0 154,891 Wanganui 267,482 87.8 234,849 Rangitikei 975,827 99.0 966,069 Oroua 211,512 102.68 217,181 Kairanga 121,811 101.5 123,638 Kiwitea 241,917 103.49 250,360 Pohangina 125,876 101.55 127,827 Manawatu 143,149 107.6 154,028 Horowhenua • 124,340 .95.8 119,118 Hutt .. 68,019 81.42 55,381 Makara 48,538 84.48 41,005 Featherston .. " 327,719 93.0 304,779 Wairarapa South 166,839 99.9 166,672 Masterton 290,845 85.0 247,218 Castlepoint .. 93,715 86.5 81,063 Eketahuna 145,215 86.5 125,611 Mauriceville 46,445 81.0 37,620 Totals 4,390,755 95.33 4,185,720

WEST COAST-WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

County. Breeding Ewes. Estimated Percentage of Lambs. Estimated Number of Lambs. MARLBOROUGH-NELSON-WESTLAND DISTRICT. Waimea 169,365 84.0 142,267 Takaka 28,995 89.0 25,806 Collingwood 15,155 82.0 12,427 Buller .. .. 1,872 86.28 1,615 Inangahua , 14,631 99.03 14,489 Murchison 30,234 87.28 26,388 Grey .. 23,439 107.67 25,237 Westland .. .. 34,819 107.44 37,410 Sounds 97,437 78.18 76,176 Marlborough 197,225 82.75 163,204 Awatere 162,453 87.94 142,861 : Totals .. 775,625 86.11 667,880

Kaikoura 134,971 78.0 105,277 Amuri 223,986 72.0 161,270 Cheviot 141,594 89.0 126,019 Waipara 279,595 88.0 246,044 Ashley 61,328 75.0 45,996 Kowai 70,517 101.0 71,222 Oxford 71,164 66.9 47,609 Rangiora .. 35,945 97.69 35,115 Eyre .. 51,348 95.0 48,781 Tawera 50,913 67.0 34,112 Malvern . 124,746 96.36 120,205 Paparua 36,949 101.33 37,440 Waimairi 3.118 100.11 3.121 Heathcote ' .. 6,898 77.0 5,311 Akaroa 81,501 107.0 87,206 Mt. Herbert .. 40,670 105.0 42,704 Wairewa 71.295 . 103.0 73,434 Halswell 15.045 83.0 12,487 Springs 574 110.0 32,531 Ellesmere' 75.291 98.0 73,785 Selwyn .. 146,498 75.1 110,020 Ashburton 701,127 90.4 633,819 Geraldine 224,050 83.5 187,082 Levels 153,500 98.42 151.075 Mackenzie 282,967 80.0 226,374 Waimate 435,223 95.25 414,550 Chatham Islands 40,818 73.0 29,797 Totals •. - - 3,590,631 3,590,631 88.07 88.07 3,162,386 3,162,386

CANTERBURY-KAIKOURA DISTRICT.

Waitaki 450,420 88.0 396,370 Maniototo 245,944 90.1 221,596 Vincent 258,950 89.0 230,466 Waihemo 100,294 80.0 80,235 Waikouaiti .. 70,508 93.0 65,572 Taieri 165.556 . 79.0 130,789 Peninsula 17,019 107.0 18,210 Clutha 407.836 101.1 412,322 Tuapeka 329 615 95.2 313,793 Bruce .. .. 211.731 97.1 205,591 Lake 126,686 75.1 95,141 Southland 1,664,058 109.0 1,813,823 Wallace 558,896 91.1 509,154 Stewart Island 2,078 80.0 1,662 Totals .. 4,609,591 97.51 4,494,724

OTAGO-SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

District. Number of Breeding Ewes. Estimated Percentage of Lambs. Estimated Number of Lambs. Auckland 3,169,368 93.64 2,967,650 East Coast-Hawke’s Bay .. 4,329,888 88.95 3,851,533 West Coast-Welling-ton 4,185,720 ton 4,390,755 4,390,755 95.33 95.33 4,185,720 Marlborough-Nelson-Westland 667,880 Westland 775,625 775,625 86.11 86.11 667,880 Canterbury-Kaikoura 3,590,631 88.07 3,162,386 Otago-Southland .. 4,609,591 97.51 4,494,724 Dominion 20,865,858 92.64 19,329,893 20,865,858 92.64 19,329,893 •

DISTRICT ESTIMATES. The following table gives the estimates for the current (1945) season’s lambing for the several sheep districts: —

ear. Number of Breeding Ewes *(as at 1941). Estimated Percentage of Lambs. Estimated - Number of Lambs Actual No. of Lambs Tailed. NORTH ISLAND. 1945 .. 11,890,011 92.56 1,004,903 — 1944 .. 11,740,920 90.08 10,576,495 11,054,223 1943 .. ' *11,268,384 87.18 9,823,748 10,654,244 1942 .. *11,268,384 89.95 10,134,505 10,801,599 1941 .. *11,268,384 90.74 10.224,786 10,568,215 1940 .. 10,917,684 89.01 9,717,488 10,348,649 SOUTH ISLAND. 1945 .. 8,975,847 92.75 8.324,990 — 1944 .. 8,808,796 94.07 8.286,568 8,399,083 1943 .. *8,762,549 89.16 7,813,548 7,767,692 1942 .. *8,762,549 93.34 8.179,674 8,063,293 1941 .. *8,762,549 91.60 8,026,076 7,955,075 1940 .. 8,809,973 91.69 8,078,518 8,037,123 DOMINION. 1945 .. 20,865,858 92.64 19,329,893 — 1944 .. 20.549,716 91.79 18,863.063 19,453,306 1943 .. *20.030,933 88.05 17,637,296 18,421,936 1942 .. *20,030.933 91.43 18,314,179 18,864,892 1941 .. *20,030,933 91.11 18,250,862 18,523.290 1940 .. 19.727,657 90.21 17,796,006 18,385,772

Dominion Totals The following table shows the estimated lambing for the North and South Islands for the previous five years, together with the actual number of lambs tailed: —