90 THE FARMER'S OUTLOOK 



try £5,000,000. An outbreak even more severe 

 than that of 1892 occurred in Europe in 1911. 



INFECTED CENTRES. 



German Empire ... 37180 Sept. 15th, 1911. 



Austria ... ... 111382 Oct. nth, 1911. 



Croatia and Slavonia 45562 Sept. 27th, 1911. 



France ... ... 33966 Aug. — 1911. 



Belgium 5225 191 1. 



Holland 18000 



Italy. In the week of August 6th, 1911, 



18,000 animals were attacked in 

 addition to 107,000 animals over 

 from previous weeks. 



Another cause is the general absence of fencing 

 on the Continent. With increased cost of labour 

 the tending of cattle and sheep by herdsmen 

 becomes impracticable. Though the space occu- 

 pied by fences in Great Britain is often the subject 

 of comment by visitors, it has been the means of 

 keeping up our stock of cattle and sheep, and of 

 maintaining fertility. Another factor of Con- 

 tinental meat supplies is the striking diminution 

 in American exports of preserved and canned 

 meat of all kinds. An important source of supply 

 is thereby withdrawn, making the importation of 

 frozen meat into Europe, all the more probable. 



We have already pointed out how wheat is 



