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sheep ; that, while the numbers of all cattle and of pigs increased 

 between 1901 and 1911, their per capita ratios declined in the same 

 period ; and that in this period there was a marked decline both 

 in the absolute numbers and especially in the per capita ratio of 

 dairy cattle. These facts are shown more concisely in the table 

 below, which gives the numbers and the per capita ratios of the 

 various kinds of food animals in Switzerland in selected years. 



It is remarkable that while dairy cattle declined in per capita 

 numbers between 1901 and 1911, the quantities of both cheese 

 and condensed milk exported increased regularly at the same time. 

 This may be explained to some extent by the increased imports 

 of concentrated feedstuffs. Thus in 1912 the imports of barley 

 were three times the quantity imported in 1901, while the imports 

 of maize arid of oats were each about double those of the earlier 

 year. The conclusion is that the dairy industry of Switzerland 

 became more intensive and the milk yield per cow was considerably 

 increased by the use of imported feedstuffs as supplementary 

 material, particularly for winter feeding. 



The above survey of the situation in Switzerland does not promise 

 any increase in the ratio of the exports of animal foodstuffs to the 

 imports of the same together with feedstuffs in the future. At the 

 present time the land is made to produce practically the utmost 

 possible by an industrious population, often under most laborious 

 conditions. With the abundant supplies of water power available 

 in the country it is probable that an increasing proportion of the 

 Swiss will be employed in manufacturing industries, while with 

 the return to peace conditions there will be a re-influx of the non- 

 productive visiting population, so that without greatly increased 

 imports of feedstuffs Switzerland will be quite unable to supply 

 an increasing surplus of animal foodstuffs, even of those speciali- 

 ties in which it has become famous, to other deficiency countries. 



