SHEEP IN DOMINION.
INCREASE OF 688,785 The' total number of sheep in the Dominion at April 30, 19-11, was 31.7.">1,<;(i0, nn increase of G8<5,783 over the previous year. Breeding ew-.'S to tailed 20,030,933. an increase of 303.270. The lambing percentage was estimated at 91.11 (the hlighest jvt recorded), or a yield of 18,250,802 lambs. During the season 19-10--II fi 1.2,-18.0' wether mutton carcases were prepared for export, besides: 1,563,325 ewe mutton carcas.es and 11,240,001 lamb carcases. Lambs killed for /export this season up to May 30, 1942, totalled 10,001,149, of which the North Island provided 558.979 more than the South Island.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 87, 5 August 1942, Page 2
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101SHEEP IN DOMINION. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 87, 5 August 1942, Page 2
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