ANNUAL STOCK TREK

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 33, 13 May 1938, Page 3

ANNUAL STOCK TREK

125,000 FEWER SHEEP Bid INC BLASE IN CATTLE Sheep sent from Gisborne to outside districts during the 12 months ended 31'arch 31 totalled 218,870, compared with 35-3,000 during the previous 12 months, a reduction of ovei; 135,000. ' Cat tie, on the other hand, increased substantially, and ever 40,000 were sent away, mere than 75 per cent of them being to the Waikato, which also absorbed over 90 per cent, of the sheep sent out of the Gisborne district.

Figures relating to the number sent away have been provided by 51 r F. If. Bouki, senior stock inspector, Gisborne. who keeps a record of them each year in regard to roadside and saieyards inspections for lice. This year the sheep were found cleaner than they have been before, and the number found to he lice infested was negligible. Figures relating to stock movements from Gisborne, and Coast areas during the 12 months of the 1937-38 period are given below: —

Cattle. Sheep. To northern districts — Via 3latawai '31,580 123.5C0 Via Cape Runaway 16,090 19,840 By boat from Gisborne ' By boat from Coast ports To Hawke’s Bay 6,920 12,000 Totals. 40,100 218,870 During 1986-37, about 16,000' cattle were sent- to Hawke’s Bay and 10.800 to the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, a total of only 26,800. Sheep sent to outside districts during the past three years compare as follows: —193-5-30, 320,000; 1936-37, 355,000; 1937-38, 218,870. —P.B. Herald.