574 Agricultural Returns of 1909. [oct., 



Crop. 



1909. 1908. 



Increase or Decrease. 



Clover and rotation grass — 

 For hay... 



Not for hay ... ... 



total ... , ... 



Permanent grass — 

 For hay... ... 



Not for hay 



Total ... 



Acres. 



2,035,827 

 2,178,763 



Acres. 



[2,232,353 

 2,189,234 



Acres. 



- 196.526 



- 10,471 



Per cent. 



-8-8 

 -o'5 



4,2.14,590 



4,421,587 



- 206,997 



-47 



4,777,559 

 12,674,846 



4,949, 79 1 

 12,466,078 



- 172,232 

 + 208,768 



-3*5 

 + 17 



17,452,405 



17,415,869 



+ 36,536 +0-2 



in both classes of unbroken horses. Taking horses as a 

 whole, there is an increase of over 7,000. 



Horses. 



1909. 



1908. 



Increase or Decrease. 



Horses used for agri- 

 cultural purposes ... 

 Unbroken horses — > 



One year and above . . . 



Under one year 



Total ... ... 



Number. 

 1,132,014 



294,657 

 126,322 



Number. 



1,119,324 



299,809 

 126,538 



- 



Number. 



+ 12,690 



- 5,152 

 216 



Per cent. 

 + 1 • 1 



-17 



-0-2 



1,552,993 



1,545,671 



1 



+ 7,322 



+ 0-5 



Cattle, on the whole, exhibit a satisfactory increase of 

 116,000, or 1*7 per cent. Cows and heifers in milk or in 

 calf have increased by some 30,000 ; other cattle of two years 

 old and above have declined by 55,000, but substantial in- 

 creases are recorded in the next class of younger cattle of 

 58,000, or 4 per cent. ; and in calves of 81,000, the latter figure 

 representing an increase of 6 per cent., a proportion that has 

 rarely been exceeded. 



All classes of sheep show an increase, amounting, on the 

 whole, to nearly 500,000, or 2 per cent., and the total of 

 27,618,000 is the highest figure recorded since 1892. The 

 number of ewes kept for breeding is the largest returned 

 since this class was first separately distinguished in 1893, 

 whilst the number of other sheep under one year is greater 



