414 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad, [august, 



The figures for the different breeds 



are stated to be as 



follows : — 





Cows. 



Bulls. 



Shorthorns 



25,146 



22,117 



Hereford 



6,939 



5. 192 



Aberdeen Angus ... 



1,899 



1.633 



Red Shorthorn 



l6l 



102 



Red Polled 



44 



31 



As regards sheep the figures show that at the end of December, 

 1909, 12,760 ewes and 9,298 rams were entered in the Argentine 

 Flock Book, no less than 11,410 ewes and 8,768 rams being Lincolns. 

 The other breeds mentioned are the Shropshire, Romney Marsh, 

 Leicester, Hampshire, and Oxford, which together account for 1,350 

 ewes and 530 rams. 



The Argentine Equine Stud Book only dates from the beginning 

 of 1909, and contains three classes of horses, viz., those imported, 



Argentine born (Definite Register), and Argentine born (Preparatory 

 Register). Fifteen breeds are mentioned, and the totals in the three 

 classes are : — 



Imported ... ... ... 1,596 



Argentine born (Definite Register) ... ... 1,966 



Argentine born (Preparatory Register) 8,484 



Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,046 



Of these the breeds chiefly represented are as follows : — 



Argentine born Argentine born 



(Definite (Preparatory 



Imported Register). Regist r). 



Clydesdale ... ... ... 338 500 2461 



Shire 300 171 1838 



Percheron ... ... ... 489 356 2 4°3 



Hackney ... ... ... 268 799 696 



Yorkshire ... ... ... 41 25 361 



Suffolk Punch ... ... 23 6 303 



It will be observed that the Percheron is competing closely with the 

 Clydesdale and Shire, coming, indeed, a close second to the former of 

 these British breeds, the respective totals being: — Clydesdales, 3,299; 

 Percherons, 3,248; and Shires, 2,309. 



Small Holdings in Greece. — The report on the trade and agriculture 

 of the Piraeus and district in 1909 (Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, 

 No. 4,484) by the British Consul, Mr. Errol MacDonell, contains some 

 account of a large area (37,000 acres) farmed on a system of small 

 holdings by the Lake Copais Company. 



The company's land is in great part let out to peasants from the 

 surrounding villages in small holdings of from 5 to 100 acres, a rent j 

 charge of 20 per cent, of the actual yield of produce being made for the ! 

 use of the land. To facilitate the verification and collection of rents 

 the tenants are obliged to bring the produce to the proper district 

 threshing floor, and to have it threshed by the company's threshing 

 machines at a fixed charge. For this purpose nine sets of British steam- j 

 driven threshing machinery are owned by the company. 



Some improvement is already noticeable in the methods of farming 



