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AN AGRICULTURAL FAGGOT. 



Here again we see no diminution in the first twenty years, 

 but the whole decrease taking place in the last thirty years. 

 Turning to live-stock of the United Kingdom, we find a 

 different story. I take for comparison the figures for the 

 nearest year I have available, viz., 1855, and in this case 

 again the estimate is McCulloch's : — 



Horses 

 Cattle 

 Sheep 

 Pigs 



1855- 



2,050,000 



7,955,000 



27,972,000 



3,686,000 



1867. 



Not returned 

 8,731,000 

 33,818,000 

 4,221,000 



1896. 



2,116,000 

 10,942,000 

 30,854,000 



4,301,000 



One other point, i.e., the average yield per acre of the 

 principal crops. Of these I give estimates for wheat and 

 barley tor the three years 1837, 1850, and 1896. That 

 for the first year is the mean of figures taken by McCulloch 

 from the old Board of Agriculture reports, and really 

 refers to a somewhat earlier period than the date men- 

 tioned ; the second is an estimate carefully made by the 

 late Sir James Caird, and the third is the official average 

 for 1886-95 given in the Produce Returns of the Board 

 of Agriculture : — 



