During the year ended March 31, 1915, there were slaughtered in inspected 

 establishments 447,173 head, while for 1914 the slaughter was 499,284. This decrease 

 is still being carried on, for our killings from April 1st to December 31st, 1915, are still 

 about 52,000 head short of 1914; while our imports of mutton were nearly two million 

 pounds in the eight months ended November 30th, 1915. 



Canada should have a much larger stock of sheep, for while the home consumption 

 may not be any more than equal to our present production, yet there is always a 

 market in the mother country for first class mutton and lamb. 



New Zealand with its 104,000 square miles and one million population supports a 

 flock of, in round numbers, 24,000,000 head of which it exports in dressed carcass form, 

 to England over 6,000,000 per year. » 



The Argentine Republic and Australia are also large producers and exporters of 

 mutton and lamb to England. South Africa is also a coming competitor in this line. 

 Why cannot Canada become a competitor for this lucrative trade? 



It will not be many years after the termination of this war that Russia will surprise 

 us with the extent of her resources in agricultural products, wheat, beef, mutton, butter 

 and cheese being among the principal items she will put on the English and European 

 markets. 



Conclusions — To sum up, Canada should at once set about increasing her 

 live-stock and be in a position to get into English and European markets at the first 

 opening for pure-bred stock and meat products and not wait to see what the other fellow 

 has for sale. 



While England will supply a proportion of the pure-bred stock, Canada and the 

 United States will have to supply the greater proportion, for no other countries outside 

 have any stock to spare. 



Table I. 

 Livestock slaughtered at Inspected Establishments. 



Cattle Sheep Swine 



Year ended March 31, 1914 531,994 499,284 1,799,060 



Year ended March 31, 1915 530,525 447,173 2,598,338 



Eight months ended 



December 31, 1914 439,725 423,570 1,716,878 



December 31, 1915 447,276 371,049 1,736,965 



Table II. 

 Live Stock Receipts 



Toronto 

 Cattle Hogs 



Year 1913 367,977 346,367 



Year 1914 279,154 462,144 



Year 1915 301,948 484,162 



Montreal 



Year 1913 198,337 193,445 



Year 1914 178,782 204,125 



Year 1915 163,140 210,365 



Winnipeg 



Year 1913 111,163 179,830 



Year 1914 127,049 461,889 



Year 1915 138,534 484,997 



99 



Sheep 

 204,777 

 201,619 

 212,986 



146,947 

 142,456 

 158,895 



54,912 

 15,017 

 13,801 



Calves 

 53,854 

 45,436 

 41,350 



117,854 

 98,182 

 97,395 



Included 



in 



Cattle 



