I/O 
Notes on Agriculture Abroad. [may, 
surpluses by 13.340,000 bushels, or to 26,817,000 bushels in 1909-10, and 
by 11,999,000 bushels or to 9,936.000 bushels in 1910-n. 
Value per Head of Live Stock in the United States.— The rise in 
the value of live stock on farms in the United States during the past 
twenty years is shown in the following table, compiled by the Bureau 
of Statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture from the 
reports of its agents and correspondents, giving the value per head of 
farm animals of all ages on January 1st in each of the years men- 
tioned [U.S. Crop Reporter, February, 191 1) : — 
Animals. 
19" 
1. 
1910. 
1909. 
Average 
1900-1909. 
Average 
1890-1899. 
£ 
£ 
£ 
£ 
.J. 
£ 
Horses 
23 
5 
22 
11 
19 
19 
O 
10 1 
Mules 
26 
3 
24 
19 
22 
9 
17 
12 5 
Milch Cows 
8 
9 
7 
9 
6 
15 
6 
6 
4 17 
Other Cattle 
4 
7 
4 
1 
3 
iJ 
3 
15 
3 9 
Sheep 
16 
17 
14 
13 
9 
1 
19 
1 
18 
1 
7 
1 
7 
1 0 
Nitrate Industry of Chile. — According to a report by H.M. Consul 
at Antofagasta (F.O. Reports, Annual Series, No. 4,633), the present 
condition of the nitrate industry of the district may be considered as 
satisfactory and its prospects exceptionally good, as the demand for 
nitrate of soda is steadily increasing year by year. Most producers 
feel that a still further improvement could be reached by combining 
with a view to selling the article direct to the consumer in the various 
centres at a fixed and uniform price, and thus do away with the present 
speculative operations. It is felt that stability in price would do a 
great deal towards furthering the employment of nitrate as a fertiliser, 
and that a slightly better price to the producer could be expected under 
such conditions. Tentative proposals have been put forward in this 
direction, but so far no definite line of action has been decided upon. 
In 1909 a total sum of ^88,400 was expended on propaganda in 
the chief countries of the world for making known the advantages of 
nitrate as a fertiliser, of which sum the Chilian Government contributed 
,-£40,000. The steady increase in the yearly consumption throughout the 
world is shown in the following figures : — 
Consumption of Nitrate of Soda for the Years 1906-10. 
1906. 
1907. 
1908. 
1909. 
1910. 
Europe 
United States 
Other countries 
tons. 
1,273x00 
364.000 
40.000 
tons. 
1,279,000 
362,000 
46.000 
tons. 
1,412,000 
317,000 
52,000 
tons. 
1,497,000 
418.000 
71,000 
tons. 
1 . 690,000 
583,000 
17,000 
Total 
1,679,000 
1,687,000 
1 ,781,000 
1,986,000 
2.290,000 
