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Kingdom were as follows : Cattle, 259 per 

 cent. ; sheep, 456 per cent. ; horses, 224 per 

 cent. ; the actual money value of the pedigree 

 stock exported in 1906 being ,1,883,849. 



With the feeder, who generally is not a 

 breeder of cattle, there is great room for 

 judgment in selecting thrifty sorts, and knowing 

 their market value. This power to see the 

 finished article in the store animal cannot be 

 acquired at once, but the feeder should 

 leave no stone unturned to become possessed 

 of the requisite knowledge. Experience will 

 teach him much, especially should he be 

 unfortunate enough to make one or two bad 

 deals ; but very often failure in any particular 

 direction is the surest, and in some cases the 

 only, way to drive home the important bearing 

 the buying has on the ultimate financial result 

 to the feeder. 1 



Meanwhile, according to Mr. Loudon Douglas, 

 F.R.S.E., writing in the Agricultural Journal 

 of British East Africa, on the swine industry : 

 " The cause of the immense decrease in hog 

 products is the universal scarcity in countries 

 other than the United Kingdom, and notably 

 in the United States of America. There the 

 rapid increase of the population has curtailed 

 the quantities of hog products available for 

 export to such an extent that there is every 

 appearance of this business ceasing altogether 



1 From a paper read by Mr. Alfred Mansell, of Shrews- 

 bury, in 1909, before the Farmers' Club. 



