LIVE STOCK 



Potatoes 



Turnips and swedes 



Mangels 



I 



Hay from clover, and grasses under rotation 

 Hay from permanent grass 



Hops 



The live stock in 1877 consisted of: 



Horses used solely for purposes of agriculture 

 Unbroken horses and mares kept solely for breeding 



Cattle. Cows and heifers in milk or in calf 

 Two years old and over 

 Under two years of age 



Sheep 

 Pigs 



In 1907 : 

 Horses used solely for agriculture 



Unbroken 



Cattle. Cows and heifers in milk or in calf 

 Two years old and over 

 Under two years of age 



333 



Tons. 



5-74 

 12.19 

 19-24 



Cwt. 



29-40 



24-33 



8-8i 



761,089 

 309,119 



1,070,208 



1,557,574 

 1,072,407 

 1,349,669 



3,979>65o 



18,330,377 

 2,114,751 



863,817 



. 325,330 



1,189,147 



2,032,284 

 . 1,043,034 

 . 1,912,413 



4,987,731 



Sheep* 15,098,928 



Pigs 2,257,136 



The decrease in sheep and the increase in cattle and horses 

 (though of late years the latter have shown a tendency to 

 decrease) are to be noted. 



* The total number of sheep in Great Britain in 1877 was 28,161,164 ; 

 in 1907, 26,115,455. In 1688 Youatt estimates it at 12,000,000; in 

 1741, 17,000,000 ; in 1800, 26,000,000 ; in 1830, 32,000,000. 



