18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHEEP RAISING 



tries and it also gives some notion of where the world's supply of 

 wool is produced. 1 



A World Production of Sheep and Wool: 1916 



Sheep approximate number ..................... 614,857,418 



Wool approximate number of pounds ............ 2,717,223,100 



B-Leadmg Sheep Counties. P^ e Nu S m heep f 



Australia and Tasmania . . . * 1915 82,011,606 



Argentina .................. 1912 83,545,931 



United States ____ 1916 48,483,000 



Census of 1910 ............ 52,183,423 



British South and East Africa. . 1913 43,009,843 

 United Kingdom of Great 



Britain ..................... 1915 27,552,136 



New Zealand ................. 1915 24,607,868 



Russian Empire .............. 1911 80,874,000 



Ottoman Empire .............. 1910 and 1912 48,284,678 



Uruguay ..................... 1908 26,286,296 



C Wool Produced in Different Countries, According to Latest Estimate* 



Available in 1916: Pounds 



Australia and Tasmania . ......................... 463,750,000 



Russian Empire .................................. 380,000,000 



United States .................................. 288,490,000 



Argentina ....................................... 264,500,000 



New Zealand ..................................... 181,282,880 



United Kingdom of Great Britain .................. 121,200,043 



Ottoman Empire and Balkan States ............ 90,500,000 



British Africa ................................... 157,761,470 



Uruguay .......... .............................. 143,293,000 



France .......................................... 75,,000,000 



British India ................................... 60,000,000 



Spain .................................... " ....... 52,000,000 



China ........................................... 50,000,000 



Austria-Hungary .......................... . ...... 41,600,000 



Algeria ......................................... 33,184,000 



' Germany ....................................... 25,600,000 



Italy ................................ ....... ..... 21,500,000 



Chili . .............. 20,000,000 



1 Compiled from Annual Wool Review of the National Association of 

 Wool Manufacturers. 



