BULLETIN 161.] 



[OCTOBER, I907. 



Ontario Department of Agriculture. 



LIVE STOCK BRANCH. 



THE SHEEP INDUSTRY IN ONTARIO. 



Statistics collected by the Ontario Bureau of Industries have shown 

 for a number of years past that the rearing- of sheep has not commanded 

 the attention of Ontario farmers to the same extent as this important 

 branch of animal husbandry formerly did. In order to find out exactly 

 how greatly the sheep industry has been affected a comparison was made 

 of the number of horses, cattle, sheep and swine on hand and sold or 

 slaughtered in the Province of Ontario during the last five years for 

 which figures were available. The information thus secured is given in 

 Tables I., II. and III., together with the average yearly increase or de- 

 crease, and in Table III. the per cent, of the total increase or decrease by 

 counties is also given. 



TABLE I. — Showing the number of each class of live stock in farmers' hands 

 on July 1st of each of the last five years, and the average yearly increase 

 or decrease. 



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