ENGLAND'S SHEEP.
INCREASE RECORDED. A further good increase’ is recorded in the flocks of Great Britain by the last census, the total number of sheep and lambs being 16,859,000, or 884.000 more than on June 4, 1925. The rate, of increase was rather slower than in the previous two years, but the flocks have been increased by 3,421,000, or over 25 per cent., in four years, and \re now only 400.000, or less than 24 per cent., smaller than in 1914. Increase: ’ are general throughout the country, very few counties showing reduction-. ! The number of breeding ewes was returned at 6,752,000, an increase of 355.000 on the year, while the increase in lambs was relatively greater, then! ,202,000 lambs, or an increase of about 497,000.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 165, 30 December 1926, Page 5
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125ENGLAND'S SHEEP. Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 165, 30 December 1926, Page 5
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