188 STATES OF THE RIVER PLATE. 



1860. 



4,000 Ewes drop 1,600 Male lambs. • 



1,600* Ewe lambs. 



(Lambed in April & May.) 

 Original stock 5,000* 



8,200 



1867. 



6,000 Ewes lamb 2,000 Males. 



2,000 Ewe lambs. 

 Previous year's stock . . . 8,200 



12,200 head. 



1868. 

 6,600 Ewes (5,000,» and 1,000*) lamb . . 2,600 Males. 



2,600 Ewe lambs. 

 Previous year's stock . . . 12,200 



17,400 



1809. 

 8,600 Ewes (5,000, 1,600, and 2,000) lamb . 3,440 Males. 



3,440 Ewe lambs. 

 Previous year's stock . . . 17,400 



24,280 



1870. 

 11,200 Ewes (5,000, 1,600, 2,000, 2,000) lamb4,480 Males. 



4,480 Ewe lambs. 

 Previous year's stock . . . 24,280 



33 240 / head at shearing 

 ' \ time, 1870. 



It will be observed that I have retained the full num- 

 ber of ewes throughout, and calculated the increase at 

 80 per cent, of the same. Such an increase presupposes 

 the management of the flocks and the care of the rams, 

 on the system I have recommended in the treatises on 

 Sheep-farming and Agriculture. 



