342 



Wheat Growing in Argentina. [sept., 



is 432,623, or r6 per cent. Irish sheep have also declined by 

 1 16,720, or 3*o per cent. 



Sheep. 



Great Britain. 



Ireland . 



1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Ewes kept for Breeding ... 

 Other Sheep (one year and 



above) 

 Ditto (under one year) 



Total 



Number. 

 9,880,908 



5,313,602 

 10,012,664 



Number. 

 9,879,101 



5,459,889 

 10,300,807 



Number. 

 1,524,803 



722,565 

 1,580,516 



3,827,884 



Number. 

 1,576,179 



729,501 

 1,638,924 



3,944,604 



25,207,174 



25,639,797 



Pigs, like cattle, shew a large increase in Great Britain, 

 amounting to 175,083, or 6*5 per cent., although the sows kept 

 for breeding exhibit a decline of 2 per cent. In Ireland all 

 classes of pigs declined, the total reduction being nearly 5 per 

 cent. 



Pigs. 



Great Britain. 



Ireland. 



1904. 



1903. 



1904. 



1903. 



Sows kept for Breeding ... 

 Other Pigs ... 



Total 



Number. 



382,056 

 2,479,588 



2.861,644 



Number. 



389,900 

 2,296,661 



2,686,561 



Number. 



133,541 

 1,181,982 



Number. 



147,807 

 1.235,709 



1,315,523 



1,383,516 



WHEAT GROWING IN ARGENTINA. 



The Argentine Republic, though still far behind the United 

 States, may now be regarded as competing for the second place 

 as a contributor to the wheat supply of this country. The 

 quantity received annually, on the average of the past nve years, 

 has been 574,000 tons, compared with 2,960,000 tons from the 

 United States, 520,000 tons from Canada, and 335,000 tons from 

 Russia. In the first seven months of the present year, moreover, 

 the total import of Argentine wheat has exceeded that from any 



