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manent grass — shows an increase of nearly 100,000 acres, the 

 increase being for the most part in permanent grass, the 

 clover hay showing only a small addition of some 2,000 acres. 

 Of the area for grazing, both categories show a decline, that in 

 the rotation grass being relatively greater than that in the 

 permanent grass. 



Among the live stock, cattle and sheep show an increase, while 

 horses and swine exhibit a decline. From the subjoined table 

 it will be seen that agricultural horses and unbroken horses 

 under one year have decreased, while unbroken horses, one 

 year old and above, have increased by nearly 5,000. The 

 total decrease amounts to nearly 4,000 horses, and this is the 

 first year since 1902 that a decline has had to be noted in this 

 class : — 



Horses. 



1906. 



1905. 



Increase or Decrease. 



Horses used for Agricultural 



Purposes ... 

 Unbroken Horses (one year 



and above) 

 Ditto (under one year) 



Number. 

 1,116,505 



3i5>235 

 136,941 



Number. 

 1,122,419 



310,333 

 139,681 



Number. 



-5,914 



+4,902 

 -2,740 



Per Cent. 



-0-5 

 -fi-6 



-2-0 



Total 



1,568,681 



1,572,433 



-3,752 



--0"2 



The increase of 2^,S^6 brings the number of cattle to the 

 highest total ever recorded, and for the first time gives the 

 herds of Great Britain an aggregate of over 7,000,000. There is, 



Cattle. 



1906. 



1905. 



Increase or Decrease. 





Number. 



Number. 



Number. 



Per Cent. 



Cows and Heifers in Milk 











or m Calf... 



2,738,411 



2,707,392 



+ 3i>oi9' 



+ ri 



Other Cattle (two years and 











above) 



1,426,754 



1,415,317 



+ 11,437 



+ 0-8 



Ditto (one year and under 











two) 



1,494,795 



1,471,070 



i + 23,725 



+ 1-6 



Ditto (under one year) 



1 ,350,896 



1,393,241 



! - 42,345 



- 3-0 



Total 



7,010,856 



6,987,020 



+ 23,836 



+ 0-3 



however, a decrease of 42,000 or 3 per cent, to be noted 

 in cattle under one year old. All other classes show an 



