SHEEP IN AMURI.
GEEAT LOSSES THROUGH SNOWSTOBItS. '.-■',.. /(By Telegraph-Press Asßooiatlon.) . ' ,',:,■ Chrislchurch, jfanuary 7. .Reports from the Amuri. County show that the losses of sheep during the winted snowstorms were far heavier .than was supposed. • Woodbahk Station turn- ' ed out 12,000,' sheep last year, and only 8000 were mustered for shearing. Tho Clarence Block of St. James mustered only 2500 out: of 8000, and the Acheron Block of St. Helens 8000 from 13,000. Settlers at Glynn Hope lost 1 half of their, flocks. At Upper Wainu the losses reach-ed'a-third; of the.total. Shearing is in-complete,-so full returns are unavailable, but the stations which have shorn indicate' tho/magnitude of tho losses. : !
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 10
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108SHEEP IN AMURI. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 10
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