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The population of Sweden in 1874 was 2,390,000, of which haif were 
engaged in agriculture. About $30,000 are annually appropriated to 
the committee of agriculture, and $10,000 for forest administration. 
AUSTRIAN LIVE-STOCK STATISTICS.—Partial returns from Austrian 
provinees of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy s how the following aggre- 
gates of farm animals and their milk-product: 
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2 a 
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Provinces. Milch-cows. sae a a Sheep. Goats. | BS 
. nus. che ao 
| 1.4 = 
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| Gallons.  |Gallons. | | Gallons. 
Upper Anstria........-..-.----. I 243, 443 53, 971, 413 221 | 125,594 | 19,502 16, 685 
SLU ie al ee aE eal | 965,581 | 79, 408, 719 299} 203,820} 338,507) 1,868, 750 
“Dua irae Eyed ee Se Bs 33, 773 16, 941, 190 501 17,776 | = 15, 471 | 578, 116 
OR TED Tce Soa oe a ea 87, 104 22, 978, 750 264 176,832 | 36, 630 | 747, 500 
DPIC ELET got ae ep pee 79, O71 31, 920, 791 403 | $5, 161 | 16, 555 618, 930 
PINE Ue yyss JF. te ost teal. 2, 839 1, 258, 790 439 | 330 | 115 2, 242 
J) TETAS Ty eee 27, 116 4, 992, 552 184 903,318 | 481,114 | 12,333, 750 
Moravia .....-. aed oles eee 321, 277 71, 760, 000 223 | 323,503 | 80, 383 4, 858, 750 
SG! eRe Ser ae fee eae ee | 112, 388 26, 019, 578 231 73, 037 16, 012 | 691, 587 
nee nenEeenaineeeetmieee —_— SO (————_—_—_—__—_—_ | -—-—_--——- 
ih ees | 1,172,602 | 309,251,783 | 263 1,909,391! 704,289 21,716,310 
' ! | i 
_ The aggregate of cow’s, sheep’s, and goat’s milk in the above proy- 
inces was 330,934,033 gallons, of which 174,033,278 gallons are consumed 
without conversion, the city of Trieste purchasing 2,149,486 gallons of 
the neighboring provinces. The balance, 156,900,815 gallons, is made 
into butter and cheese, the product of the former being 40,517,792 
pounds, and that of the latter 35,679,907 pounds, (not including Carni, 
ola.) 
The total number of milch-cows in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy 
in 1872, was officially stated at 3,832,238. In 1875, the number is esti 
mated at 4,000,000, averaging 280 gailons of milk each, and ageregat- 
ing 1,120,000,000 gallons. In 1872, the whole monarchy had 76,379 steers, 
1,224,079 oxen, 2,315,340 calves, 4, 255,659 sheep, 1,187,821 goats, and 
25,642,301 swine. 
ROUMANIAN AGRICULTURE.—Roumania, a nominal dependency of 
the Ottoman Empire, embraces the old Turkish provinces of Moldavia 
and Wallachia. Itis inhabited by a population of original heterogenous 
elements, which have fused into a well-defined type. The ruling ele- 
ment dates its existence from the location of Gallo-Romanic military 
colonists sent by the Roman emperors to occupy a strong frontier 
against the incursions of the restless barbarians hanging on the north- 
east borders of the empire. Of this composite race, there are about 
9,000,000 in Southeastern Europe, of whom 5,000,000 are united in the 
little vassal monarchy of Roumania, with a small admixture of other 
nationalities. The other Roumanians are scattered through the neigh- 
boring provinces of Turkey and Southern Russia. 
The province of Roumania has an area of 30,000,000 acres—about the 
size of the State of Mississippi—bounded by the Danube on the south, 
by the Pruth on the east, and by the Carpathian Mountains on the north 
and west. Wallachia embraces about three-fifths and Moldavia two- 
fifths of the united monarchy. The prerogative of the Crown is limited 
by parliamentary institutions, after the manner of the limited monarchies 
of Western Europe. The whole political and social organization is a 
remarkable development of western ideas amid the crystallized old con- 
servatism of the East. 
