ioo Rabbit Plaguk in Germany. 



i 90 i, inclusive, is quoted from the April number of the 

 United States Crop Reporter. 



Year ending 

 June 30. 



Imports. 



Exports. 



I 0 



U nited 

 States. 



1 



0 



Great 

 Britain. 



1 0 

 ooutn 

 Africa. 



Tr> oil 



1 0 an 

 other 

 Countries. 



1 oiai. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



1891 



3,495 



9,957 



1,222 





479 



11,658 



1892 



2,623 



9,261 



1,369 





433 



11,063 



1893 



2,171 



10,606 



i,946 





667 



13,219 



1804 



1,857 



4,490 



3,5io 





734 



8,734 



1895 



i,797 



6,604 



7,430 





710 



H,744 



1896 



2,860 



4,021 



17,179 





652 



21,852 



1897 



4,5i8 



3, 6 96 



13,720 





2,577 



19,993 



1898 



12,900 



2,457 



n,479 





413 



H,349 



1899 





6,284 



5,810 





290 



12,384 



1900 



12,101 



i,527 



5,044 



3,287 



i95 



10,053 



j 1901 



9,069 j 



2,088 



2,143 



3,063 



3i5 



7,609 



It will be observed that the Canadian export trade in 

 horses, which reached the high record mark of almost 22,000 

 head in 1896, has since undergone a steady and rapid decline, 

 having reached a lower level last year than at any time 

 within the past twenty-five years. Imports of horses into 

 Canada, on the other hand, have increased since 1896 in an 

 even greater ratio ; and the Canadian foreign trade in these 

 animals, which, up to 1898, had been characterised by a 

 heavy excess of exports over imports, has been completely 

 reversed, more horses having been imported during the past 

 three years than were shipped abroad. 



The Rabbit Plague in Germany. 



Of late years a great increase in the number of rabbits has 

 been observed in Germany, and districts hitherto unaffected 

 have been seriously invaded. Crops, including vineyards 

 and plantations, have been much damaged, and military 

 training grounds have, in some cases, been rendered danger- 

 ous for cavalry and artillery exercises. It has therefore 

 been considered necessary to devise means for getting rid of 



