574 



Agricultural Eeturns, 1921. 



[Sept., 



show a substantial increase. According to the returns the area under small 

 fruit has increased by 14,500 acres, or nearly 25 per cent., the total area 

 being 73,300 acres, which is about the same as in 1916. 



Clover and Rotation Grasses. — The area of clover and rotation grasses has 

 increased by 100,000 acres to 2,548,000 acres, of which 1,757,000 acres were 

 reserved for hay. Including permanent grass, fhe total area reserved for hay 

 this year was 5,811,000 acres, as compared with 6,069,000 acres in 1920. 



Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) 

 have increased by 33,600. Other classes show slight rediictions, and the net 

 increase in horses on agricultural holdings is 18,700. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses used for- Agricultural purposes 

 (including Mares for Breeding) 



No. 



822,500 



No. 



788,900 



No. 

 3,J,600 



rer 

 Cent. 

 4-3 



No. 



Per 

 Cent. 



Unbroken Horses 1 , , ^ 



233-200 

 92,300 



235,500 

 97,3f,0 







2,300 

 5.000 



10 

 5-1 



Other Horses 



236,400 



244,000 







7.600 



31 



Total of Horsp:s 



1.384,400 



1,365,700 



18,700 



1-4 







Cows and Heifers in Milk 



Cows in Calf, but not in Milk . . 



Heifers in Calf 



Other Cattle :— Two years and a^^ove . . 



„ One year and under two 

 ,, Under one year. . 



1875900 

 251800 

 373,600 



1-001-300 

 893,400 



1,119,600 



1,827,700 

 '-'43,000 

 282,100 

 1,177,900 

 1. 11 '9 ,000 

 907,100 



48.200 

 8,800 

 91,600 



212,500 



2- 6 



3- 6 

 32-4 



23-4 



176,600 

 215,600 



15-0 

 19-4 



Total of Cattle 



5515 600 



5,546,800 







31,200 



0-6 



Ewes kept for Breeding. . 

 Other Sheep : — One year and above 

 ,, „ Under one year .. 



5,308,300 

 2 861-900 

 5,636,000 



5,108,500 

 3,C0i,80O 

 5,269,100 



199.800 

 :i66,600 



3-9 

 70 



142,900 



4-8 



Total of Sheep 



13806,200 



13,882.700 



423,500 



3-2 









335.800 



289,500 

 l,704,4OU 



46,300 

 465,500 



16 

 27-3 







Total of Pigs 



2 505.700 



1 ,993,900 



511,800 



25-7 







C'a^^Ze.— Although the total number of cattle shows a small decline on last 

 year of 31,200 head, the figin-es are nevertheless satisfactory in that the only 

 decreases recorded are confined to cattle one year old and over (other than 

 breeding animals), and are largely consequential on the heavy decline in the 

 number of animals under two years noted last year. The increase in calves is 

 satisfactory, and, taken in conjunction with the increase in breeding animals, 

 suggests that t!ie number of cattle in the country will shortly rise to pre-war 

 figures. The total number of cows and heifers, in milk or in calf, is 2,501,300, 

 or 148,500 more than last year, and is larger than in any previous year with 

 the exception of 1918 and 1919. 



Sheejy. — The number of sheep, which has been declining heavily in recent 

 years, has now increased by 423,500 to 13,806,000— a noticeable feature being 

 the increase of 200,000 in the case of ewes kept for breeding. 



Pigs have increased by the large figure of 511,800 (over 25 per cent.) to 

 2,505,700, the largest total recorded since 1911. The i ncrease of 46,300 in the 

 number of sows kept for breeding, although proportionately less than in the 

 case of other kinds, is especially satisfactory. 



