INCREASE IN SHEEP

Shannon News, 15 November 1927, Page 1

INCREASE IN SHEEP

RECORD FOR DOMINION. : 1B The. annual return of sheepowners , ; jH and the number of sheep and lambs;' in each county on April 30, 192 G. and -fl 1927, was presented to Parliament .;■ yesterday. ; .^1 The number of sheep in 1926 was'-H 24,904,993, and this year 25.649 The figures for this year have beenJM only twice exceeded, namely, in 191S:JH when the number' was 26 538,302, JM and in 1919, when it was 25,828,5541 V^H Referring to the matter in House the Minister of (Hon. O. J. Hawken) said that season's increase in the sheep was the'best in New Zealand.JO| history. As the Teturns show £he number of ewes was much great-|M er, the appearances were that. thfeflH flocks wlould go on increasing at H9H steady rate. While he would go int ?flH| the question the Minister said : would be very costly to send to th sheepfnrmors particulars sof all th 4H| earmarks. Details would have to supplied continuously. The also promised to consider the, .tion of the date iof which the returns were collected. . : '^flflj