1040 CYCLOrEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Other exports. There has been an increase in the value of Australasian 

 wool exports from £16,136,082 in 1881, to £33,128,496 in 1909, and the 

 percentage of wool to the total exports in the same period increased 

 from 33.11 to 38,97; or, taking the average, the total annual exports 

 amounted to £71,809,832, and 



those of wool to £23,897,836, the • Australia. 



average percentage of wool to 

 the whole being 33.28. For the 

 year ended June 30, 1910, the ex- 

 ports of wool from Australia and 

 New Zealand were 1,921,507 bales 

 and 513,136 bales respectively. 



That Australia is the greatest 

 wool exporting country in the 

 world, and as a wool-producer 

 among the continents nearly 

 equals Europe in quantity, may 

 be seen from the following table 

 of the world's wool-production 

 published in ''Dalgety's Review:" 



Lbs. 



North America .... 347,320,749 



South America .... 545,119,560 



Europe 804,905,074 



Asia 210,399,000 



Africa 139,702,000 



Australasia 756,690,16? 



Oceania 100,000 



Spain 



Canada 



THE SHEEP OF ELEVEN COUNTRIES. 

 (Each vertical section represents five 

 million sheep, Australia leading with nine- 

 ty-two millions.) 



Total 2,804,236,546 



The total is equal to about 

 8,497,384 bales, and the Austral- 

 asian contribution is equal to 

 26.98 per cent of the whole, while 



about 75 per cent of the Australasian clip consists of fine merino wool. As 

 the sheep of the world are decreasing, there are prospects of a growing 

 demand for Australasia's golden fleece. 



