Sheepbreediag m New Zealand.
The total number of sheep m New Zealand on May 31, 1884, was 13,978,520 as against 13,306,329, or an increase of 672,191 on the return of the previous year. The classification of sheep can be taken approximately as
Total ... 5,701,953 8,278,559 It will be observed that crossbred sheep show an enormous increase m compari_son with those of other descriptions. Out of the total increase of 672,191j crossbreds show 508,639, or five-sixths of the whole increase m the colony for the year. It is evident that crossbreds have gamed favour as cultivation increased. The export trade of frozen carcases encouraged the breeding of larger sheep than the merinos. During the year 491,066 frozen carcases of mutton were exported against 247,772 during the previous year, being an increase of 243,294. Of these Otago furnished 133,964; Canterbury, 121,627; Marlborough, 15,950 ; Wellington, 130,436 ; Napier, 29,089. For moat preserving purposes 100,490 sheep were utilised during the same period. Otago supplied 572 ,- Canterbury, 20,374 ,• Marl borough, 757 ; Wellington, 26,998 ; Wanganui, 19,270; Napier, 21,884; Auckland, 11,635. The total number treated exceeded that of last return hy some 9000 sheep. The number of sheep boiled j down for the year amounted to 52,206. Of these 20,800 were contributed by Marlborough, 22,251 by Wanganui, ami 9155 by Napier. There were exported alive during the same period 2615* Of these 2132 were fat sheep shipped from Otago to Hobart, and 33 from Canterbury to the Chatham Islands. The number imported was 935. Of these 836 were stud sheep from Australia and Tasmania, and the remaining 100 were sheep from the Chatham Islands- According to the report of the Chief Inspector of Stock the 31st of March la3t, about 109,000 of the sheep of New Zealand are scabby. Of these, over 100,000 were m the Marlborough district. This is a healthy sign, which portends that New Zealand will be soon perfectly clean. The clip and lambing were perfectly satisfactory, and, taken as a whole, the year was favourable to the sheepbreeders.
Male. Female. • Merino... 3,292,774 4,173.000 Crossbred 1,979,646 3,320,351 Lonewool 429,533 785,208
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 69, 20 August 1885, Page 4
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345Sheepbreediag in New Zealand. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 69, 20 August 1885, Page 4
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