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output of farm crops. The results of the census of production in Scotland 

 have not yet been published, but I feel confident that when they are 

 available they also will show that the value of the live stock industry 

 considerably exceeds that of crops. No statistics as to the total agri- 

 cultural output of the Irish Free State are available, but at the time of 

 the 1908 Census of Production live stock and live stock products consti- 

 tuted 85-7 per cent, of the value of the agricultural output of the whole 

 of Ireland. 



In the Year Books of Australia and New Zealand certain figures are 

 given showing the estimated value of products in those countries. 

 Separate estimates are given for agricultural production (comprising crops 

 and fruit), pastoral production (comprising cattle, sheep, wool and hides), 

 and for farmyard, dairy and bee production (comprising dairy products, 

 pigs and pig products, poultry and bee farming). In Australia during 

 the five years 1920-25 the average value of pastoral, farmyard, dairy and 

 bee products constituted 60 per cent, of the total, while in 1925-26 it 

 amounted to over 64 per cent, of the total. In New Zealand the corre- 

 sponding figure for the period 1920-23 was 85 per cent, for live stock and 

 live stock products (pastoral, dairy, poultry and bee farming). 



The following table shows the value of the output of (1) live stock and 

 live stock products, and (2) crops in the countries mentioned above during 

 the most recent years for which particulars are available : — - 



It is not possible to show the value of live stock and crop production 

 in other portions of the Empire on account of the absence of the necessary 

 statistical data. 



Certain general conclusions may, however, be drawn. In Canada 

 figures are available showing the gross agricultural revenue of the 

 Dominion. In 1921 approximately 70 per cent, of this revenue was 

 derived from crops and 30 per cent, from live stock. These figures are, 

 however, not comparable with those already quoted, for no deduction is 

 made for crops used for further agricultural production in feeding to stock. 

 If the net value of crops after deducting the value of the hay, root crops 

 and other fodder crops fed to live stock were shown, the proportion of 

 the agricultural revenue attributable to live stock production would be 

 considerably increased. At the same time, with her large wheat-growing 

 areas, it may be freely admitted that in many parts of Canada the live 

 stock industry is probably of secondary importance as compared with 

 cereal production. Nevertheless it is not without significance that con- 

 siderable attention is being paid to the improvement of the live stock 

 of the Dominion. In the eastern provinces, moreover, the production of 



