Dominion Totals
Year Number of breeding ewes (*as at 1945) Estimated percentage of lambs Estimated number of lambs Actual No., of lambs tailed NORTH ISLAND 1950 .. 12,180,135 94.04 11,454,372 — 1949 .. 12,027,414 94.55 11,371,834 Not . available 1948 .. 11,821,596 89.43 10,572,444 10,830,868 1947 .. 11,696,313 92.47 10,814,554 11,250,554 1946 .. *11,890,011 87.92 10,453,719 10,447,857 1945 .. 11,890,011 92.56 ' 11,004,903 11,252,679 SOUTH ISLAND 1950 .. 9,699,539 97.65 9,471,747 — ■ 1949 .. . 9,472,289 98.93 9,370,665 Not ■ available 9,472,289 98.93 9,370,665 Not available 1948 .. 9,233,886 96.93 8,950,202 8,975,017 1947 .. 9,047,469 93.94 8,498,971 8,584,492 1946 .. *8,975,847 91.69 8,229,713 8,194,441 1945 .. 8,975,847 92.75 8,324,990 8,308,779 DOMINION 1950 .. 21,879,674 95.64 20,926,119 — 1949 .. 21,499,703 96.48 20,742,499 Not available 1948 .. 21,055,482 92.72 19,522,646 19,805,885 1947 .. 20,743,782 93.11 19,313,525 19,835,046 1946 .. *20,865,858 89.54 18,683,432 18,642,298 1945 .. 20,865,858 92.64 19,329,893 19,561,458
The following table shows the estimated lambing for the North and South Islands for the previous 5 years together with the actual number of lambs tailed: —
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 82, Issue 2, 15 February 1951, Page 179
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149Dominion Totals New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 82, Issue 2, 15 February 1951, Page 179
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