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the British stock has done extremely well. About 600 dairy 

 cattle and 2,000 head of poultry were sent by the Committee 

 to Serbia for distribution in the neighbourhood of Shabatz, 

 and a number of poultry were given to Polish peasants. 



The Scottish Committee for Belgian reUef, formed by the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society, co-operated with the ReHef 

 of Allies Committee and sent a splendid lot of Ayrshires to 

 the Pervyse district of Belgium, while a Canadian sub-committee 

 has given large quantities of small tools to x\llied peasants 

 who have returned to their battered holdings. The amount 

 given by the Committee is indeed small in comparison with the 

 vast extent of the damage, but the policy of concentration 

 has ensured that the relief shall constitute a lasting memorial 

 of the practical help of all British agriculturists whose generosity 

 the Society had the privilege of co-ordinating and making 

 effective. 



The following shows at a glance the relief given by the 

 Committee since the commencement of the Fund : — 



France. Belgium. Serbia. Poland. Total. 



Bulls 



55 



50 



30 



— 135 



Heifers 



782 



790 



550 



— 2,122 



Rams 



231 



65 





— 296 



Ewes 



• 1,795 



i>475 





— 3,270 



Boars 



45 



63 





— 108 



Gilts 



. 471 



593 





— 1,064 



Goats 



2 



413 





— 415 



Poultry and Eggs for 









hatching 



. 7.042 



7,664 



2,000 



362 17,068 



In addition, 151 agricultural implements, such as binders, 

 ploughs, etc., together with 3,700 sacks of seed corn and 

 potatoes, and 8,850 fruit trees, were sent to France. 



