SHEEP RETURNS.
■ XAUGE INCREASE LV THE FLOCKS. . Th 6 number., bf "sHeep an .tho' North : Island oa Apnl 30. 1910, was 12,917,662, .as against. 12,193j21l for tho year /-ended April;-30,;'1909.': Tho totals .for ,the;.South;.;lsland- were:: ir,351,958 for i., 1910, .11,287,496■ for, tho previous , year. The total . for ;tho • Dommion on ' April 30 last was; 24,269,620, as agamst--23,480,707 .for .the : 12 imonths.* Tho total not increase; for i, the - Do- ■ --'DumoE was 788,913, 'made up of 724,451 : ; in, the North Island,. andv 64,462' in the South'lsland. . .. ... .The number, of owners .and the num- , -ber .of sheep, respectively. in each dis- ;. trict *on - April 30c was ;as. .under, tho totals .for ;;1909;j ; b'eing. .given';.in;;paren- : . theses; — Auckland-—2535 ■ (2705) owners ' 1,205,346 - (1,089,346; • r sheep; NanicrGisborjie, .2453 (2358), 5,913,301 (5,(320,437); Welliiigton-Wcst . Goast, 4626. (4716), 5,799,015 (5,433,328); Marl-borough-Nelson-\Vcstlaiid,. -2107 ;' (2077), i .1,302,059 (1,225,031); Canterbury-Kai- ;-: koura,' '4792 .(4880);. 5,486,464- (5.475,732); Otago, 5009 . (5092), 4,563,435 . The number 'o'f. steep ini [the. .at -April:SO in each year.Eince'lß97- was as under:— 1897 19,687,954 1898 19,673,725' 1899 : 19,348,506 - 1900 19,355,195 s-. . 1901 20,233,099 1902 20,342,727 1903 18,954,553 .1904 18,280,806 1905 19,130,875 ' - 1906 ... ; . 20,108,471 1907 ...; 20,983,772 . 1908 ' 22,449,053 '- ■ "■ -. 1909 23,480, / 707^r'K 1910 24,269,620 , , i : In the, Wellington-West Coast. . tricb the'' number of owners of sheep given, as under, with the number", .of ; . 1 ' sheep -in parentheses':—Clifton',.? Is§ (80,914); Taranald, 166 (38,535): Egmont, 33 (11,895); -Stratforu, • .'ls2* J (119,539):' -Whangamomona, 106 (88,-.- ■ 892) ; iEltnam,". 80 (47,129) •, Hawera'ahdi ■ .:Waimato-;West, 121 (103,161); JPatea, 221 (274,227); Waitotara, ■-*135' (178,- v . 975); -Waimarma, -215 -(164,326) - Wa- -'• nganui,;24o.-(490,934)'; Rangitikei, 549 ■'.■.(943,294).;;'"-:Orb«a'i 182 (170,212); . Kai- ; ranga,' 133 , (116,305); -Kiwitea,. 263 (340,203); Poliangina, 139 (149,075); Alanaivatu,. 142 (149,705); Ilorotdicnua, 166 (167,935); llutt (togetherwith. Ahe; islands of Kapiti, Mana,* and Somes), 163 (154,214); Makara, 86 ..••'(B4,672;.';v.?'€atherst6ii; : ; i 97..'Wairarapa South, .169 (195,937); Masterton, 314 (595,252); Castlepoint, 64' (185,129); Akitio. 191 (232,494); Eketabuna, 146 (98,521); vMauricevillo, 95 (82,740).
The Columbia College i of Agiienlturo lias recently established : the first' Department of Farm- Management devoted; exclusively to .this subject' in : the United States. , This..'Department; will, considerthe factors of production as tliey relate to •-'•tte successful i.; administrations r of : farms.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 927, 21 September 1910, Page 10
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