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Live Stock in New Zealand. 



[JUNE, 



attended the efforts of the Bureau in dealing with Texas fever 

 and other diseases. 



There are throughout Canada a large number of agricultural 

 societies and farmers' clubs, the majority of which have done 

 no work beyond holding an annual show. 



^ U Sh* n ^ ^ ^ S ° ne means towar< ^ s improvement an 

 in Canada. effort was made in 1901 by the Canadian 

 Department of Agriculture to inaugurate a 

 better system of conducting county and township fairs. A 

 number of fairs were arranged in a circuit, and expert judges 

 furnished by the Department for the live stock classes. These 

 expert judges explained the reasons for their decisions in the 

 ring and gave addresses on the best types of horses, cattle 

 sheep and swine. This plan proved so satisfactory that a 

 great extension of the movement has now taken place, and in 

 1903 judges were sent to all the Provinces in the Dominion. 

 In Ontario the system of judging and giving publicly the reasons 

 for the awards is extended also to fruit and poultry. 



A supplement to the New Zealand Gazette dated February 

 1 8th, 1904, gives the following particulars 

 as to the number of live stock in the 

 Colony during the past five years : — 



Live Stock in 

 New Zealand. 



Year. 



Horses. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Pigs. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



1899 



262,390 



1,222,139 



19,348,506 



249,751 



1900 



266,725 



1,256,680 



I9»355»I95 



25o,975 



1901 



280,078 



1,361,784 



20,233,099 



224,024 



1902 



287,419 



1,460,663 



20,342,727 



i93,74o 



1903 



299,182 



1,593,547 



1^,954,553 



226,591 



Both horses and cattle have steadily increased during the 

 whole period, but the number of sheep in 1903 showed a de- 

 crease of 1,388,000 compared with the previous year. 



