i9i2.] Prevalence of Animal Diseases. 



877 



1910. The total area harvested in the above-named countries was 

 4,068,000 acres, as against 3,730,000 acres last year, an increase of 9*1 

 per cent. 



Potato Crops Abroad. — The production of potatoes in Italy, the 

 Russian Empire, and the United States in 191 1 and 19 10, as reported 

 by H.M. Ambassador at Rome, H.M. Consul-General at Odessa, and 

 in the Crop Reporter respectively, is shown in the following statement 



IQII. 



Thousands of 

 Tons. 



Thousands of 

 Tons. 



1,514 

 35, 6 ° 2 

 Thousands of 

 Bushels. 

 328,511 



Italy ... ... ... 1,665 



Russia (73 Governments) , ... ... 31,380 



Thousands of 

 Bushels. 



United States ... ... ... ... 273,170 



Census of Live Stock in the United States. — H.M. Ambassador at 

 Washington has forwarded the results (subject to revision) of the Live 

 Stock Census taken on April 15th, 1910. In the following table the 

 results are compared with those of the Census taken in 1900. The 

 figures embrace animals, whether on farms or not, in the continental 

 United States. 





IQIO 



1900 



Increase (+)or decrease (-). 





(April 15). 



(June 1). 



Actual. 



Per cent. 



Cattle 



Dairy Cows 



Other Cattle 



63,104,573 

 21,751,183 

 41,353,390 



69,335, 8 32 

 18,108,666 

 51,227, l66 



-6,231,259 

 + 3,642,517 

 -9,873,776 



- 9-0 

 + 20 * I 

 I9'3 



Horses and Colts 



22,813,850 



21,203,901 



+ 1,609,949 



+ 7-6 



Swine 



59,288,592 



64,686,155 



- 5,397,563 



- 8-3 



Sheep and Lambs 



52,183,923 



6l,735,OI4 



-9,55!, 091 



- J 5-5 



In making comparisons the different time of the year at which the 

 two Censuses were taken must be borne in mind. It is pointed out 

 that the decreases of certain classes of cattle, of colts, swine, and spring 

 lambs are largely or wholly due to the changed date of enumeration. 

 Thus only 7,965,646 spring calves were returned in 1910, as compared 

 with 15,577,728 in 1900;" a part of this difference is, however, due to 

 the fact that in 1900 "calves" included all cattle less than one year 

 old, but in 1910 only calves born in 1910. Again, only 12,681,170 

 spring lambs were returned in 1910, as compared with 21,702,447 in 

 1900. 



The following statement shows that, 

 according to the information in the possession 

 of the Board on January 1st, 1912, certain 

 diseases of animals existed in the countries 

 specified : — 



Austria (for the .period December 20th — 27^). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (total of 30,973 Hofe 

 now infected), Glanders and Farcy, Rabies, Sheep Scab, Swine 

 Erysipelas, Swine Fever. 



Prevalence of 

 Animal Diseases 

 on the Continent. 



