WORLDS WOOL SUPPLY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 195, 30 September 1909, Page 5

WORLDS WOOL SUPPLY.

The latest figures relating to the number ofsherp in the world, as furnished l>y Dalgety's Annual Wool Review, have a very important bearing on the future of the wool industry, nnrt the frown meat trade in New Zen land. They sh.»w that since ISO*, the sheen flocks of the world hive decreased by 39.fi*9.1507. while the wool-using population has increased by 87.555,273. H mav also be mentioned that a very large percentage of this increase in population is represented by people who are consumers of mutton and lamb, as well as uscm of wool. The following table gives the increase or decrease of sheep in the various countries of the world : 1895. Latest date. Europe, including Asiatic Rus. 198.191.211 177,330.608 Australasia 110.5|f;,331 109.315.967 S. America 102.847.134 91.157.013 N. America 57.158.652 59.252.721 Africa 31.890.052 27.76*4.492 Asia 21.957,752 18.003.727 The total for North America includes Canada. Mexico. Newfoundland, as well as She United States. The latest sheep returns for New Zealand show that our flocks arc steadily increasing in spite of the fact that we have been exporting from 5,000,000 to 8.000.000 carcases of mutton and lamb yearly.besides killing an average of about 2.500,000 for local consumption, fn 1905 the total number of sheep in the Dominion was 19.130.875; in 1907 the number was 20.983,772: in 1908 the number was 22.449.053. and after the present season's lambing it should be over 23.000.000. According to Government statistics for 1908 th**ro were 11.632.201 sheep in | the North Island, ?nd 10.816.852 in the South Island: the net increase for the year being for the North Island 799.111. and for the South £733,008.