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Table 89. — Crops of the Union of South Africa. 



[Source: Quarterly Abstract of Union Statistics, Union of South Africa. The annual statistics for the 

 Union begin with 1918. Separate reports for the constituent States begin at various earlier dates.] 



Year. 



Barley. , 



Corn. 



Kafir 

 corn. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Potatoes. 



Cotton. 



Tobacco. 



Tea.i 



1904 



1,000 

 bush. 

 1,011 

 1,274 

 2,054 

 1,029 



1,000 

 bush. 

 12, 899 

 30, 830 

 45, 143 

 30, 966 



1,000 

 bush. 

 3,360 

 5,528 

 6,434 

 1,908 



1,000 



bush. 

 4,085 

 9,661 



10, 775 

 6,389 



1,000 



bush. 

 2,362 

 6,034 



10, 150 

 7,979 



1,000 

 bush. 



1,000 lbs. 



1,000 lbs. 



1,000 lbs. 



1911 



4,182 

 3,909 

 3,429 





14, 961 

 14, 931 

 14, 183 



1,740 



1918 



1919 2 



797 

 1,419 



1,603 

 1,410 



1 "Manufactured tea." 



2 Excluding "native locations, reserves," etc. In 1918 these "Locations," etc., produced 359,000 bushels 

 of wheat; 30,000 bushels of barley; 300,000 bushels of oats; 4,940,000 bushels of kafir corn, 10,455,000 bushels 

 of corn (maize); 239,000 bushels of potatoes; and 2,420,000 pounds of tobacco. 



Table 90. — Number of live stock in the Union of South Africa. 



[Source: Office of Census and Statistics, Pretoria, South Africa.] 



Date. 



Cattle. 



Swine. 



Sheep. 



Goats. 



Horses. 



Mules. 



Asses. 



19101 







22, 198, 000 

 30, 657, 000 

 35, 889, 000 

 35, 711, 000 

 31, 434, 000 

 31, 981, 000 

 29, 914, 000 

 28, 492, 000 











May 7, 1911 2 .. 

 Dec. 31, 1912. . 



5, 797, 000 



1, 082, 000 



11, 763, 000 

 11, 691, 000 

 11, 521, 000 

 8,918,000 

 8, 962, 000 

 8, 019, 000 

 5, 842, 000 



719, 000 



94, 000 



337, 000 



Dec. 31, 1913. . 













Dec. 31, 1915. 













Dec. 31, 1916 













Mav 5, 1918 2 . . 

 1919 2 



6, 852, 666 

 5, 575, 000 



1, 043, 000 



724, 000 



781, 000 

 695, 000 



85,000 

 81, 000 



554, 000 

 499, 000 







1 Cape of Good Hope and Transvaal only. 



2 Census. 



3 Excluding native locations, reserves, etc. 



Table 91. — Net imports or net exports of leading farm products , for British South Africa. 

 [Source: Trade and Shipping of the Union of South Africa and of Southern and Northern Rhodesia.] 





Barley, 1 

 net im- 

 ports. 



Corn, 2 

 net ex- 

 ports. 



Net imports. 



Rye, 2 

 net ex- 

 ports. 



Net imports. 



Cotton, 

 unman- 

 ufac- 

 tured. 3 

 Net ex- 

 ports. 



Cotton- 



Year. 



Oats. 2 



Rice. 



Wheat. 2 



Butter. 



Cheese. 



seed oil, 

 net im- 

 ports. 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



1,000 



bush. 



369 



359 



317 



263 



167 



248 



77 



14 



6 14 



343 



1,000 



bush. 



3,926 



3,644 



26 



4,873 



6,590 



6,616 



11,088 



13, 452 



13,398 



4,512 



1,000 

 bush. 

 200 



6 101 



241 

 6 12 



79 



33 



6 930 



6 304 



6 1,338 



370 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 82, 100 

 84,225 

 89, 890 

 76, 813 

 82, 287 

 79, 285 

 83,022 

 78, 109 

 42,359 

 49,646 



1,000 



bush. 



* 1 



*■! 



42 



1 



19 

 39 

 25 

 12 



(') 



1,000 

 bush. 

 5,618 

 2,377 

 8,328 

 6,630 

 5,120 

 5,689 

 3,746 

 1,653 

 1,975 

 8,612 



1,000 



lbs. 



3,885 



4,372 



3,629 



3,856 



1,730 



6 1,344 



6 3,215 



1,022 



6 180 



30 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 5,001 

 5,174 

 5,648 

 5,042 

 3,948 

 2,078 



425 



6 235 



6 1,535 



892 



1,000 

 bales. 

 ( 6 ) 

 ( 5 ) 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 ( 5 ) 



( 5 ) 

 1 

 2 



1,000 



gals. 



485 



414 



552 



426 



482 



380 



219 



5 



35 



39 



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. 



4 Net imports. 



5 Less than 500 bales. 



6 Net exports. 



7 Less than 500 bushels. 



