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LIVE STOCK STATISTICS.
‘ INTERESTING STATEMENT:
■ Ono. of the recommendafinns.-of.tho ‘
South. Australian Abattoirs,, Commis
mon real1 as follows:— “That a report;
be obtuined from A the Government .
Statist annually: rognrding. the supply,
of live stook and the number regyireik 7
for slaughter, aud that, the. olaughtnr.
of female cattle aud shop siitablo for
breeding purposes Lo-prohibited illes
the report-shows that tho natural de- •
crease will 'not provide for local con
sumption, as is tho casz at the present,
time.” .’hr pursnane of that the Gov ‘
erment Statist (Mr. Li 11.' Sholl) u '
vestigated the situation, and Hisca- .
quries have (snyathe . "Chronicle"). :
brought' to. light some interesting facts =
and figures. The flocks and lierds (on. s
Deoembar 31, 1911 and. 1014,7 were re
sprctively'an follosp:—Shoep, .6,171:007
and 4.208,461. showing a decrease nf . •
1,983,4 4G ; cattlo, “393,566 and 300,579,
a decrease of 02,967; pigs,,93,130 and
60.693, a filling off of 23 237, On Di
comibera1 last; tho number of jewes in
the State one yearsold: and over was ‘
1,172,538, reprecenthg a decrease dur-"
ing the year, of. £42,253. s Iat 1912, 110
,821 outlie . were Glnughtered for home,
consumptin'and 2,523 for export, sul:
in 1914te: figures wore 94,476 and
17,707? 1he. sheep and loanbs"slanglis
tored in 1912. totalled ,1,107,412 for—
heme consumption, ad ,175,426 for ox- *
port.. Last .year the aggregates ■ were
j ,050,737 and 106,200, respectivelst'ial-,
together 84,902 pigs, were, alniightered ”
for home couruniption three years ago,"
and'1 09.074 last:yer.“Thejcatto
slauglitered dur id j .1912 to 1914 in
elusive/ comprised:—Bullocks, ',66,268,
74,149, and 73,273;) cows, 25,072,'21,- '
022, and 20,115; calves, 21,014, 21,111;
and 18,793.Thsaghter,ofcowein
1911, and .1014 must have Heep:/ much
mrenter thanithe, figures quoted; in
dieute, lecanso" the: Metrepolitai PA
attoirs iucluded-all; cofs’sliuchtered
in "those years tinder the licading yot .
•' billooks ′ The i lambing percentnggs
in 1912, 1913 and,1914. respectively ,
were 50.38. 61:81, and 62.00.. The lambs
morked ‘totalled: 901;895, 1,103,613, 8242
032; net land importations were‘I05,
085.119,007, 78,610;. tctal increases, *
1,067,880. 1,221,530, and-902,651;slaugh
terings and inortality .lose, 1,768,293; ,
1.632,862, and , 1,767,247; approximato
shortages,. 690,418, 40S, 432. and, 864,
598. The mnrtaiity .Ieszes- for the last ‘
three years have been"* exceptionally
heavy., owing to the . drought.- . Tho
nermal annual lossesand slaughterings
for all purposes would be -approxi
mately 1.500:000/ Tho’pinitionin re- v
lationto cattle may. lo.stated thus:—
Not land importations, 32,643: 17,569.
and .20,136; natin! inenjars. 86,002, .2
81.042, and 62.151: total increases, 118,-*
C30, 99,211. 89,287: slaughteriigs and
mortality? losses, 128,798, 129,724, 141,- .
013: approximate : shcrtages.,10,149, \
3C 513, aud 52,323. Notwithstanding a;
net importation gain during the three ■
years of 303,011 sleep and. 76,353 cat
tie. the sheep flocka decreoso, 1,963,
44G and* the cattle herds 92,897. ,*
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