112 ANIMAL FOOD RESOURCKS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



— milk and its manufactured products and eggs, in the 

 following table : — 



The salient feature here is the nutritive value of skimmed 

 cheese, a food which in common with the fat pork whose 

 great nutritive properties we have already mentioned, is 

 most largely consumed by the rural classes. It is a little 

 curious to note that the cheese made from skimmed milk 

 is much more nutritive than the product of milk and 

 cream mixed, and equally notable is the nutritive excel- 

 lence of eggs, which weight for weight seem to be nearly 

 equal to that of mutton. Professor Atwater states that 

 the calculation as to the value of eggs is based upon 

 several hundreds of analyses, which, however, only 

 showed a variation of from 7l"0 to 73'5, so that one 

 egg seems to be practically as good as another. 



Some fair idea of the amount of beef and veal con- 

 sumed may be gained from the official returns of cattle in 

 various countries. Thus, if we take Europe first, we find, 

 according to the latest statistics available, the following 

 numbers : — 



HORNED CATTLE. 



Europe. 



United Kingdom 

 European Russia 



Sweden 



Norway 



Denmark 



Holland 



Austro-Hungary 



France 



Italy 



1884 10,422,762 



1877 27,323,219 



1882 2,257,048 



1875 1,016,617 



1881 1,470,078 



1882 1,427,936 



1880 13,181,620 



1880 11,446,253 



1881 4,783,232 



