334 HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE 



The number of live stock per i.ooo acres of cultivated land 

 in the United Kingdom and other countries is : 



Country. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. Total. 



United Kingdom . 247 619 76 942 



Belgium ... 411 54 240 705 



Denmark . . . 264 126 209 599 



France . . . 167 207 88 462 



Germany . . . 221 90 216 527 



Holland . . . 322 116 164 602 



It will be observed that in cattle the United Kingdom comes 

 out badly, but is pre-eminent in sheep and has the largest total ; 

 though, as cattle require more acreage, Belgium nearly equals 

 its aggregate produce for 1,000 acres. 



As regards prices at the two periods 1871-5 and 1906-7, if 

 we take TOO as the price at the former the following are the 

 prices at the latter : 



Beef ... 71 

 Mutton ... 93 

 Bacon 121 



Wheat ... 56 

 Butter ... 97 

 Cheese . 100 



Turning once more to the occupation of land, the percentage 

 of land occupied by owners in 1907 in England was 13-4, the 

 rest being occupied by tenants, and the following is a state- 

 ment of the number of agricultural holdings of various sizes in 

 1875 and 1907 : 



1875.' 



50 acres 50 to 100 to 300 to 500 to Above 



and loo 300 500 1,000 1,000 



under. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. 



293,469 44,842 58,450 11,245 3,871 463 



1907. 



Above I and not Above 5 and not Above 50 and not Above 300 

 exceeding 5 acres, exceeding 50 acres, exceeding 300 acres. acres. 



80,921 165,975 109,927 H,652 



1907. 

 ot 

 res, e 



80,921 165,975 109,927 



1 Unfortunately the class 50 acres and under at this time included 

 holdings under one acre, so that it is useless for the comparison of the 

 number of small holdings at the two dates, for in 1907 none appear under 

 one acre. 



