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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



SHEEP AND WOOL 



YEAR 



All Stock Sheep and Lambs 



On Farms January 1 

 Farm Value 



Number Per Head Total 



1944 3,367,000 



1945 2,862.000 



1946 2,433,000 



1947 1,971,000 



1948 1,794,000 



1949 1,722,000 



1950 1,464,000 



1951 1,581,000 



1952 1,707,000 



1953 1,650,000 



1954 1,006,000 



1955 1,606,000 



9.10 



8.70 



9.80 



13.00 



16.60 



18.70 



19.40 

 32.00 

 34.10 

 16.90 

 14.40 

 17.20 



130,800,000 

 24,899,000 

 23,843,000 

 25.623,000 

 29,780,000 

 32.201,000 



28,402,000 

 .50,592.000 

 ■^S, 209.000 

 27,986,000 

 23,126,000 

 27.623.000 



Sheep 

 Shorn 



Number 



3,131,000 

 2,633,000 

 2,238,000 

 1,813,000 

 1,650,000 

 1,567,000 



1,347.000 



1,502.000 

 1,605.000 

 1,573,000 

 1.510,000 

 1,510.000 



Wool Production 



Per 

 Fleece Total 



Pounds 



8.9 

 9.0 

 9.6 

 9.1 

 9.4 

 8.9 



9.5 

 9.9 

 9.8 

 9.8 

 10.1 

 10.3 



27,866,000 

 23,707,000 

 21,485,000 

 16,498,000 

 15,510,000 

 13,946,000 



12,796,000 

 14,870,000 

 15,729,000 

 15,415,000 

 15,251,000 

 15,553,000 



Price 

 Per Lb. 



(Cents) 



44 

 44 

 43 

 45 

 56 

 55 



63 

 107 

 60 

 59 

 61 

 45 



Cash 

 Income 



(Dollars) 



12,261,O0C 

 10,431,00C 

 9,239, OOC 

 7,424.000 

 8,686. OOC 

 7,670,00C 



8,061,000 

 15,911,000 

 9,437,000 

 9,09.=i,000i 

 9,303.000 

 6,999,000 



SHEEP NUMBERS BY CLASSES 



SHEEP AND LAMBS, Amount and Value of Farm Production 



Lamb 



Crop 



(Lambs 



Docked) 



Shipped in 



Sheep 



and 



Lambs 



Market- Farm 

 ingrs Slaughter 

 Sheep Sheep 



and and 



Lambs Lambs 



Pro- 

 duction 

 Pounds 



Number of Head 



(ALL FIGURES IN THOUSANDS) 



1944 2.302 68 2,366 22 150,543 



1945 1,953 123 2,124 19 128,759 



1946 1.681 90 2,018 17 114.855 



1947 1,345 155 1,397 12 91,901 



1948 1,183 189 1,185 11 81,822 



1949 1,112 113 1,288 12 75,425 



1950 907 136 636 10 57,113 



19.-.1 1.066 167 828 9 75,546 



1952 1,147 154 1,120 9 84,622 



1953 1,124 132 1,040 10 85,454 



1954 1,168 119 1.029 10 90,372 



1955 1,146 81 957 9 89,119 



Cash 



Income 



(Dollars) 



19,657 

 19,315 

 21,592 

 19,537 

 18,569 

 19,628 



11,964 

 20,356 

 19.469 

 12,960 

 13,154 

 12,500 



Gross 



Income 



(Dollars) 



19,784 

 19,430 

 21.716 

 19.644 

 18,680 

 19,744 



12,080 

 20,502 

 19,574 

 13,043 

 13,240 

 12,582 



