LAND QUESTION AND PKOPOSAIvS OF THE ACVRICULTURAI, COMMISSION II g 



9,000,000 pesos per year, livestock improvement is not carried on as 

 extensively as it ought to be, considering the above conditions. 



In 1902, a census was taken of the livestock, which gave the follow- 

 ing results : 



Number Value in pesos 



Horned cattle 5,142,457 81,407,619 



» horses 859,217 10,822,203 



» mules 334,435 10,576,958 



» asses c , 287,991 2,360,552 



» sheep 3,424,430 6,037,306 



» goats 4,206,011 7,250,430 



» pigs 616,139 2,068,090 



Total . . . 14,870,680 120,523,158 



The consumption of meat in the country is very ^mall, being 

 approximately only 50 grammes per day per inhabitant. 



{to be contidued*). 



* In our next number we shall give the coutinuation of this article, in which the 

 Mixican land question and the reforms proposed by the Agricultural Commission will 

 be found more particularly dealt with. 



