334 HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE 



The number of live stock per 1,000 acres of cultivated land 

 in the United Kingdom and other countries is : 



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 1 871-5 and 1906-7, if 

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

 prices at the latter : 



Turning once more to the occupation of land, the percentage 

 of land occupied by owners in 1907 in England was 12-4, 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.' 



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 14,652 



^ 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 



