10 BULLETIN 967, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 12. — Crops of Belgium — Continued! 



Year. 



Flax (fiber) .5 



Hay (alfalfa, and 

 clover). 



Hops. 



Peas. 





1,000 





1,000 



1,000 





1,000 



1,000 





1,000 



1,000 





1,000 





acres. 



Tons. 



tons. 



acres. 



Tons. 



tons. 



acres. 



Lbs. 



lbs. 



acres. 



Bush. 



bush. 



1911 



49 



.53 



27 



389 



2.6 



1,022 



5 



1,306.2 



6,779 



12 



33.9 



.417 



1912 



54 



.60 



32 



349 



2.9 



1,009 



6 



1,802.2 



10, 168 



12 



33.2 



409 



1913 



57 



.34 



20 



364 



2.9 



1,067 



6 



1,244.6 



7,395 



12 



30.3 



375 



1919 



48 



4.31 



15 









3 



i 646. 7 



1,940 























Year 



Potatoes. 



Sugar beets. 



Tobacco. 



Turnips. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1,000 

 acres. 

 387 

 387 

 395 

 411 

 319 

 331 



Bush. 

 260.9 

 313.8 

 307.0 



1,000 

 bush. 

 100, 934 

 121,481 

 117,613 



1,000 

 acres. 

 145 

 153 

 130 



Tons. 

 11.4 

 12.5 

 11.8 



1,000 

 tons. 

 1,661 

 1,907 

 1,543 



Acres. 



10,546 

 9,926 

 9,940 



Lbs. 



1,772.8 

 2, 227. 8 

 1,982.5 



1,000 

 . lbs. 

 18,695 

 22, 109 

 19, 702 



1,000 



acres. 



276 



345 



350 



Tons. 

 3.6 

 6.7 

 13.2 



1,000 

 tons. 

 981 

 2,292 

 4,633 



1919 



* 238. 4 



* 172. 5 



76, 064 

 57,094 



112 



< 7.1 



793 



14, 707 



n,626.4 



23,920 

 8,848 









1920 



























< Unofficial. 



& Flaxseed production was as follows: 1911, 515,000 bushels; 1912, 514,000; 1913 , 387,000; 1919, 407,000. 



Table 13. — Number of live stock in Belgium. 

 [Source: Ministere de 1'Interieur, Brussels.] 



Date. 



Cattle. 



Swine. 



Sheep. 



Goats. 



Horses. 1 



Dec. 31: 

 1910 2 



1, 880, 000 

 1, 812, 000 

 1, 831, 000 

 1, 849, 000 



3 1, 152, 000 

 1, 292, 000 



1, 494, 000 

 1, 229, 000 

 1, 349, 000 

 1, 412, 000 



328, 000 

 546,000 



185,000 



218, 000 



328,000 

 261,000 

 263,000 

 267, 000 



1911 



1912 







1913 







October: 

 1919 



112, 000 

 126, 000 



37, 000 

 33,000 



174, 000 



1920 . . . 



198,000 







1 Includes mules and asses in 1910, 1919, and 1920. 



2 Census. 



3 Milk cows only. 



Table 14. — Net imports or net exports of leading farm products, for Belgium. 



[Source: Tableau General du Commerce de la Belgique.] 





Net imports. 



Year. 



Barley. 1 



Corn. 2 



Oats. 2 



Rice. 



Rye. 2 



Wheat. 2 



Butter. 



Cheese. 



Cottons 

 unman- 

 ufac- 

 tured. 



Cotton- 

 seed oil. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1919 



1920 



1,000 

 bush. 



16, 458 



17, 497 

 15, 193 



2,262 

 2,388 



1,000 

 bush. 

 15, 968 

 21, 022 

 18, 902 

 808 

 2,555 



1,000 

 bush. 

 7, 362 

 9,514 

 9,482 

 3,914 

 4,559 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 76, 726 

 92,244 

 70, 174 

 19, 295 

 43, 668 



1,000 

 bush. 

 5,877 

 4,154 

 5,699 

 1,723 

 3,704 



1,000 

 bush. 

 56, 306 

 51, 391 

 53, 892 

 11, 475 

 33, 538 



1,000 

 lbs. 



11, 816 

 12,600 



12, 375" 

 11, 166 

 18, 341 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 29, 376 

 31, 114 

 35, 605 

 16, 370 

 20, 695 



1,000 

 bales. 

 328 

 410 

 349 

 237 

 v 285 



1,000 



gals. 



1,295 



1,535 



991 



130 



255 



1 Including malt, in terms of grain. 



2 Including meal or flour, in terms of grain. 



3 Bales of 478 pounds, net weight; equivalent to 500 pounds, gross weight. 



