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QUESTIONS AND ANSWEKS. 



What is the estimated number of sheep in your county? 



1. 10,000 or 15,000. 36. 



2. No answer. 37. 



3. Between 5,000 and 7,000. 38. 



4. No answer. 39. 



5. About 3,000. 40. 



6. 4,000. 41. 



7. Have no idea, but less in pro- 42. 



proportion to other stock. 43. 



8. Have no means of ascertaining. 44. 



9. About 15,000. 45. 



10. About 6,000. 46. 



11. 10,000 of all breeds and grades. 47. 



12. 5,000. 48. 



13. Cannot answer, but suppose 49. 



about 3,000 or 4,000. 50. 



14. Estimated at 15,000 to 20,000. 51. 



15. No answer. 52. 



16. No answer. 53. 



17. 2,500. 54. 



18. 1,200. 55. 



19. 7,000. 56. 



20. About 10,000. 57. 



21. 3,000. 58. 



22. About 8,000. 59. 



23. 5,000. 60. 



24. 12,000. 61. 



25. 15,000. 62. 



26. No answer. 63. 



27. No answer. 64. 



28. 5,000. 65. 



29. About 1,000. 66. 



30. About 2,000. 67. 



31. No answer. 68. 



32. 15,000. 69. 



33. Not able to answer. 70. 



34. No answer. 71. 



35. 20,000. 



No answer. 



No answer. 



600. 



600 or over. 



1,000 to 2,000. 



3,500 to 4,000. 



20,000. 



No answer. 



About 8,000. 



2,000. 



1,000. 



20,000. 



No data to go by. 



Do n't know. 



2,000 to 2,500. 



Am not advised. 



8,000 to 12,000. 



A good many small flocks. 



About 2,000 'to 2,500. 



1,000 to 1,500. 



About 20,000. 



A number of small flocks. 



Do n't know. 



4,000. 



7,000. 



No. answer. 



12,000. 



6,000. 



Do not know. 



Do not know. 



About 3,000. 



About 2,500. 



Have no means of knowing. 



Do not know. 



Cannot answer. 



5,000. 



What breed of sheep are best adapted to your soil and 

 climate ? 



1. Merino, Cotswold, Leicester, 



Southdown, all do well. 



2. No answer. 



3. Cotswold, Southdown. 



4. No answer. 



5. A cross of the Southdown and 



Cotswold. 



6. Cotswold and Southdown. 



7. Southdown, but any will be 



healthy. 



8. The only'breed in the county is 



scrub. 



9. Southdown and the common 



native breeds. 



