H.—23.

C—continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1935 and 1936.

SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1917.

24

Stud Sheep ShM P"/ l?^'7L Breed Crossbred and other Sheep not n . _ (entered in Flock-book). Vloctbook otherwise enumerated. Dominion. vioSS. 1935. 1936. 1935. 1936. 1935. 1936. 1935. 1936. : ; . Rams .. .. 11,249 12,398 459,821 480,005 .. .. 471,070 492,403 Wethers .. .. .. .. ! 996,307 1,158,097 1,485.047 1,450.548 2,481,354 2,608,645 Breeding-ewee .. .. 231,605 249,016 3,905,470 5,078,834 13,675,342 13,341,111 17,812,417 18,668,961 Dry ewes .. .. 7,292 7,105 248,343 279,115 732,430 578,871 988,065 865,091 Lambs .. .. 169,041 174,869 1,712,159 2,067,708 5,442,648 5,236,027 7,323,848 7,478,604 Totals .. .. 419,187 443,388 7,322,100 9,063,759 21,335,467 20,606,557 29,076,754 ! 30,113,704

i "fir 1 sss ?:s; LasssfiJ "asssr °»«° ~ ~ »ss_j$a. j D?g, I ass.. Stud rams (entered 989 944 3,814 513 3,188 2,930 12,398 in Flock-book) Other rams .. 56,551 108,402 102,802 21,757 90,554 99,939 480,005 Wethers .. 297,005 532,335 451,925 215,200 493,619 618,561 2,608,645 Breeding-ewes .. 2,166,423 4,126,807 4,007,596 818,950 3,609,269 3,939,916 18,668,961 Dry ewes .. 60,631 187,737 158,796 46,074 200,667 211,186 865,091 Lambs.. .. 710,424 1,884,875 1,513,788 354,774 1,440,654 1,574,089 7,478,604 Totals .. 3,292,023 6,841,100 6,238,721 1,457,268 5,837,951 6,446,641 30,113,704

North Island. South Island. Dominion. Year. -- Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 1917 .. .. .. 7,475,418 617,565 5,784,751 455,082 13,260,169 1,072,647 1918 .. .. .. 6,846,053 1,106,652 6,175,981 492,097 13,022,034 1,598,749 1919 .. .. .. 6,311,797 1,202,085 6,080,103 609,312 12,341,900 1,811,397 1920 .. .. .. 5,838,704 1,243,633 5,730,971 580,561 11,569,675 1,824,194 1921 . .. .. 6,312,456 890,601 5,835,332 455,218 12,147,788 1,345,819 1922 .. .. .. 6,771,482 525,903 5,724,572 434,145 12,496,054 960,048 1923 .. .. .. 7,170,154 454,287 5,892,849 363,645 13,063,003 817,932 1924 .. .. .. 7,148,949 680,806 5,927,145 365,644 13,076,094 1,046,450 1925 .. .. .. 7,463,735 535,878 6,251,488 347,888 13,715,223 883,766 1926 .. .. .. 7,503,200 663,427 6,445,052 416,308 13,948,252 1,079,735 1927 .. .. .. 7,905,432 513,915 6,926,298 317,776 14,831,730 831,691 1928 .. .. .. 8,211,878 470,096 7,322,173 399,031 15,534,051 869,127 1929 .. .. .. 8,820,536 483,397 7,787,619 399,301 16,608,155 882,698 1930 .. .. 9,312,461 570,946 8,251,714 506,726 17,564,175 1,077,672 1931 .. .. .. 9,247,005 642,488 8,361,724 568,226 17,608,729 1,210,714 1932 .. .. .. 9,170,996 581,452 7,892,064 686,726 17,063,060 1,268,178 1933 .. .. .. 9,318,941 486,037 7,890,756 512,849 17,209,697 998,886 1934 .. .. .. 9,524,065 424,170 8,047,361 508,986 17,571,426 933,156 1935 .. .. .. 9,697,231 502,032 8,115,186 486,033 17,812,417 988,065 1936 .. .. .. 10,300,826 407,164 8,368,135 457,927 18,668,961 865,091