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providing the greatest amount of information when utilised in 

 connection with the annual returns, and with the special 

 enquiries which the Board propose to undertake. 



Breeds of Live Stock — Stock-owners will be asked to 

 state the breeds of the cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses kept by 

 them, and whether they are " pure-bred," i.e., entered, or eligible 

 for entry, in a breed register, or otherwise. If they are not 

 pure-bred, their type or general character is to be stated, as, 

 for example, in the case of cattle, " Shorthorn type," " Jersey 

 type," etc. The absence of definite knowledge as to the 

 proportionate numbers of the many different classes of stock 

 in the country has been frequently brought to the notice of 

 the Board, and the data which it is hoped to obtain by means 

 of this return will be of material assistance in connection with 

 calculations of the output of meat, dairy produce, wool, &c. 



(2) Poultry. — Returns are asked for of the number of fowls, 

 ducks, geese, and turkeys, kept on the holding. Representa- 

 tions have in recent years been repeatedly made to the Board 

 in favour of obtaining statistics relating to the progress of 

 poultry-keeping, but some hesitation has been felt in view of 

 the comparative failure of the efforts in this direction made in 

 1885-6. It is believed, however, that the greatly-increased 

 importance now attached by farmers to this branch of 

 agricultural production will induce them to appreciate more 

 generally the desirability of obtaining more exact information 

 as to the home output of poultry and eggs. 



(3) Dairy Produce. — Occupiers are asked to state the total 

 production of whole milk on the farm, and also their sales of 

 whole milk, cream, butter, cheese, and skim-milk, including sales 

 to creameries and factories, during the preceding twelve months. 

 The particulars thus obtained will be supplemented by special 

 inquiries of creameries, butter and cheese factories as to their 

 output during the same period, so as to enable estimates to be 

 made of the total quantity of British dairy produce which 

 comes into consumption. 



(4) Wool. — The quantity of wool clipped from each flock in 

 1907 is to be given, the data thus obtained being utilised as 

 supplementary to the special enquiries recently made by the 

 Board, the results of which were published in the Report on 

 Wool Production. _ 



