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In Australia and New Zealand flocks are herded that 

 number as high as 3,000 individuals, but the larger flocks 

 are only penned once or twice a year, being allowed to 

 wander about the rest of the time. 



According to some figures published by Poland in 1892, 

 tlie total number of domesticated sheep in the world in 

 1889 was over 500,000,000, of which 43,000,000 were cred- 

 ited to the United States, 35,000,000 to the United King- 

 dom, 80,000,000 to Australia and New Zealand, 30.000,000 

 to Canada, 22,000,000 to France and 16.500,000 to Spain. 



The reports of the Census Bureau of the Department 

 of Commerce and Labor, show that in 1900 the total 

 number of domesticated sheep on the farms in the United 

 States was 60,503,713, and in 1910, 52,447,061. a decrease 

 of 14.4 per cent. The reports of the Department of 

 Agriculture show, that the total number of sheep on the 

 farms in this country, in 1913, Avas 51,482,000, valued at 

 $202,779,000. 



The United States Government reports show that in 

 1910 the 617,268,700 sheep and lambs in the world were 

 distributed as follows : 



Australia 89,780,000 



Tasmania 1,896,281 



Eussian Empire . . . 82,672,123 



Argentina 67,211,754 



United States 51,819,068 



Ottoman Empire . . 41,000,000 



Great Britain 31,164,547 



British South Africa 31,102,467 



Uruguay 26,286,'^96 



New Zealand 23,996,126 



British India 21,824,000 



China 18,900,000 



France 17,357,640 



Spain 15,471,183 



Austro-Hungarv ... 13,991,500 



Italy ■. 11,160,000 



Algeria 9,632,177 



Bulgaria 8,132,000 



Germany 7,703,710 



Koumania 5,655,444 



Greece 4,570,000 



Chile 4,244,000 



Mexico 4,424,000 



Peru 3,700,000 



Servia 3,160,166 



Portugal 3,150,000 



Peru 3,000,000 



Canada 2.598,470 



German East Africa 1,560,000 



Sudan 1,421,721 



Norwav 1,378,517 



Sweeden 1,024,-500 



Denmark 1.003,000 



Egypt 920,000 



Tunis 585,027 



Columbia 746,000 



Falkland Island . . . 689,000 



Netherlands 607,000 



Montenegro 496,856 



Iceland 495,100 



Central America . . 442.950 



Brazil 380,000 



Cyprus 302,000 



Belgium 236.000 



Switzerland 209,997 



Ceylon 96,300 



West Indies 51,400 



Phillipines 30,400 



