LIVE-STOCK. 



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largest apparent increase in any one year; from 1883 to 1884, 

 the increase is 14 per 1000; and from 1884 to 1885 it is 13 per 

 1000, reaching the highest point since 1860, or 800 cattle per 

 1000 population. 



Since 1885 there has been, according to thete estimates, a 

 steady decrease in the relative number of cattle. From 1885 to 

 1886, this was 6 per 1000; from 1886 to 1887, it was u per 

 1000; from 1887 to 1888, it was 12 per 1000 ; and from 1888 

 to 1889, it was 13 per 1000. The total decrease in cattle, per 

 1000 population, from 1885 to 1889, amounted to 42, and the 

 proportion was then as 758 to 1000. 



A somewhat clearer presentation of the beef supply is obtained 

 by considering the other cattle by themselves. These figures 

 will be found in the table which is given below : 



Table showing the total number of milch cows and of other cattle, and the 

 number of each per 1000 of population. 



One of the remarkable facts brought out by this table is that, 

 since 1870, the proportion of milch cows to population has been 

 practically constant. In 1850 there were 275 per 1000, and in 

 1860, 273 per 1000. In 1870 this number decreases to 232, or 

 about 15 per cent, and increased in the ten years from 1870 



