New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 14

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✨ Livestock Statistics

Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 543

SUMMARY OF SWINE

FOR THE YEARS 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09.

—	Boars for Stud Purposes.	Barrows or Sows over One Year Old, for Fattening.	Sows kept solely for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows under One Year Old.	Totals.
1897-98 .. ..	4,247	27,446	24,338	129,996	186,027
1898-99 .. ..	4,476	25,759	26,203	137,074	193,512
1899-00 .. ..	6,141	28,293	36,791	178,526	249,751
1900-01 .. ..	5,608	27,423	34,876	183,068	250,975
1901-02 .. ..	4,983	21,955	30,150	166,936	224,024
1902-03 .. ..	4,716	18,950	27,210	142,864	193,740
1903-04 .. ..	5,414	20,935	32,796	167,446	226,591

—	Boars for Stud Purposes.	Sows over One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Sows under One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows, all Ages, kept for Fattening.	Total.
1904-05 .. ..	6,350	37,479	9,623	201,868	255,320
1905-06 .. ..	5,885	34,037	8,373	201,432	249,727
1906-07 .. ..	5,914	33,111	6,366	196,882	242,273
1907-08 .. ..	6,173	33,513	6,118	195,324	241,128
1908-09 .. ..	5,970	32,910	6,344	199,868	245,092

SUMMARY OF ANGORA GOATS.

—	Bucks.	Does.	Kids.	Total.
1908-09 .. .. ..	407	1,454	633	2,494

SUMMARY OF SHEEP FOR THE YEARS 1897 TO 1908.

Year (30th April).	Stud and Flock Rams.	Stud Breeding-ewes.	Stud Dry Ewes.	Stud Lambs.	Total Stud Sheep and Flock Rams.	Flock Sheep.	Grand Total Stud and Flock Sheep.
						Wethers.	Breeding-ewes.
1897	193,196	164,909	13,518	109,478	481,101	4,052,477	8,522,284
1898	187,756	164,947	14,598	113,904	481,205	3,918,236	8,280,065
1899	190,670	181,602	14,940	112,490	499,702	4,092,310	8,480,144
1900	197,930	182,255	15,047	123,145	518,377	3,528,799	9,074,799
1901	215,664	200,159	16,715	135,109	567,647	3,413,238	9,706,457
1902	217,967	201,181	19,484	132,585	571,217	3,358,066	9,408,968
1903	214,689	183,398	15,184	123,878	537,149	3,232,219	8,888,353
1904	219,953	161,205	13,049	104,647	498,854	2,871,809	9,061,243
1905	229,106	192,364	10,866	120,649	552,985	2,771,872	9,886,820
1906	241,927	206,612	11,105	141,319	600,963	2,788,900	10,272,575
1907	255,502	215,528	12,773	151,881	635,684	2,899,763	10,521,318
1908	272,752	230,075	14,725	157,556	675,108	3,378,398	11,013,966

NUMBER OF RAMS, WETHERS, EWES, AND LAMBS IN THE DOMINION SINCE 1900.

Year (30th April).	Stud Rams, Two-tooth and Over.	Flock Rams, Two-tooth and Over.	Wethers, Two-tooth and Over.	Breeding-ewes.	Dry Ewes.	Lambs.	Totals.
1900 .. ..	7,985	189,945	3,528,799	9,257,054	1,094,571	5,276,841	19,355,195
1901 .. ..	9,650	206,014	3,413,238	9,906,616	1,097,561	5,600,020	20,233,099
1902 .. ..	10,799	207,168	3,358,066	9,610,149	1,424,762	5,731,783	20,342,727
1903 .. ..	9,383	205,306	3,232,219	9,071,751	1,430,563	5,005,331	18,954,553
1904 .. ..	8,220	211,733	2,871,809	9,222,448	1,042,847	4,923,749	18,280,806
1905 .. ..	8,333	220,773	2,771,872	10,079,184	709,378	5,341,335	19,130,875
1906 .. ..	9,265	232,662	2,788,900	10,479,187	932,734	5,665,723	20,108,471
1907 .. ..	11,928	243,574	2,899,763	10,736,846	995,002	6,096,659	20,983,772
1908 .. ..	14,902	257,850	3,378,398	11,244,041	1,166,845	6,387,017	22,449,053

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