1909] 



Demand for English Eggs. 



851 



public, though it occurs chiefly in the Provinces of Buenos 

 Aires, Santa Fe, Corrientes, and Cordoba, and it would seem 

 that this increase has been to some extent secured by a dis- 

 placement of the sheep. This is particularly noticeable in 

 the Province of Buenos Aires, where, on the one hand, the 

 stock of cattle has risen from 7,746,000 to 10,351,000, while 

 on the other the stock of sheep has diminished from 52,630,000 

 to 34,605,000. Decreases in sheep are also recorded in Santa 

 Fe, Cordoba, Jujuy, and Pampa Central, but in all other 

 parts there has been an increase in the sheep stock, though 

 it has not been sufficient to counterbalance the very heavy 

 diminution in Buenos Aires. It seems fairly evident, how- 

 ever, that there has been a marked transference of the sheep- 

 breeding industry from the more thickly populated districts, 

 where land has risen in value, to the interior and less-culti- 

 vated regions. Some of the Territories, such as Rio Negro, 

 Nenquen, Shubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego, which 

 in 1895 only carried about 1,800,000 sheep, now return in all 

 11,250,000 head. 



According to a summary in the Buenos Aires Standard, 

 the total figures for the three national censuses are as 

 follows : — 



In thousands. 



1888. 1895. 1908. 



Cattle 21,964 21,792 29,117 



Sheep 66,701 74 ; 38o 67,212 



Horses 4,263 4,446 7,532 



Pigs 403 653 1,404 



Of the cattle, 984,000, or nearly 3*4 per cent., are classed 

 as pure-bred, 15,060,000, or5i'7 percent., as cross-bred, and 

 44*9 per cent, as native; 1,179,000 sheep, or 175 per cent., 

 were pure-bred, 55,449,000, or 82*5 percent., were cross-bred, 

 and 15*7 per cent, native. 



The Board have received a request from a firm of whole- 

 sale provision merchants to be supplied with particulars of 

 the best centres for purchasing and 

 Demand for English packing large quantities of English and 

 Eggs. Welsh eggs. This firm state that they 



are importers of the best grades of Irish 

 and Continental eggs, but find that English new-laid eggs 

 are in demand, and suggest that English producers would 

 be benefited by coming into contact with the regular channels 



