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The Country Gentleman's Magazine 



Russia ;^3,057,337 



Denmark 8,320 



Germany 706,009 



France 21,248 



Austrian Territories .. . 83,679 



Turkey, Wallachia, ) ^ r 



and Moldavia \ -^''^^^ 



Egypt 1,425 



United States 2,821,017 



(^hili 57,747 



British North America 200,623 



Other Countries 54,062 



^^4,069,904 



39,175 



828,487 



48,202 



2,094 



199,237 



472,593 



1,556,311 



317,598 



52,155 

 190,123 



Total ;^7,249,o89 ;^7,775,879 



Bones were in larger supply than in the 

 month of May last year, and, on the longer 

 period for which the Returns have been made 

 up, there is an appreciable difference. 



The imports of guano grow small by 

 degrees, and beautifully less. The adjective 

 could not have been applicably used in 

 former times, when guano was good, but now 

 there have been so many bad samples sent 

 out, that we do not think farmers will care 

 much if Peruvian is expunged from the list 

 of manures. In the month we had only a- 

 fourth of the quantity which we imported in 

 the corresponding mouth of last year, and 

 that shewed a declension in quantity of more 

 than a-half on its predecessor. The total we 

 received in the five months was 33,836 tons, 

 to compare with 114,540 tons last year, and 

 the cost, ^315,652, as against ^1,311,059. 

 Fornitrate of soda we expended ^^611,869, 

 ^100,000 more than we did in the five 

 months of 1871. 



Potatoes we imported in much larger 

 quantities; flax, linseed, and rapeseed the 

 same. Dairy produce did not, we are glad 

 to say, come so plentifully as last year. We 

 hope the short supplies indicate that we are 

 paying greater attention to butter and cheese 

 at home. Our expenditure, however, for 

 both is still too large considering the suita- 

 bihty of our climate for the production of 

 these articles, being for butter no less in the 

 five months than ;^2,4i7,533, and for cheese 

 ^437,515- 



With a very large falling off in the imports 

 of hops, we have had to pay foreign growers 

 a great deal more for them, in fact about 

 double the price that we did last year. 



There is a wonderful increase in the supply 

 of wool from over seas, principally due to the 

 prolificness of Australia. The following 

 tables shew the quantities and values of the ■ 

 wool received during the five months and the 

 parts from which it came : — 



QUANTITIES. 



Total ;^8,32i,564;^io,402,776 



Turning to the other side of the account, 

 we note that we have exported less butter 

 and cheese this year than last, a gratifying 

 fact, as it shews we are beginning to 

 appreciate our own manufacture. 



The number of horses have fallen off both 

 in the month and the five months. To 

 France we only sent this year 553 to com- 

 pare with 3164 last, but " other countries " 

 not more specifically designated, took 896,217 

 more than in the corresponding term of 

 187 1. The total number of horses sent out 

 of the country up to the end of May was 

 1449, and the amount received for them 

 ^79,981, upwards of ^^55 a-head. 



The exports of wool during the month 

 were much smaller than in the like term of 

 last year, but in the longer period larger. 



