Notes on Agriculture Abroad. 



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Salaries and expenses of staff at central office and pensions ... 12,000 

 Salaries and expenses of State agronomists in connection with 



the inspection of agriculture ... ... ... ... ... 7,000 



Compensation and other expenses in connection with the 

 slaughter of diseased animals ; expenses of the veterinary 



service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 113,000 



Subsidies to agricultural committees, associations and exhibi- 

 tions ; and expenses of higher agricultural council ... ... 12.000 



Veterinary education ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,000 



Agricultural education ... ... ... ... ... ... 23,000 



Experimental and research work ... ... ... ... 4,000 



Expenses of higher horticultural council. Subsidies to 

 horticultural associations. Subsidy to the International 



Agricultural Institute ... ... ... ... ... 3>ooo 



Collection of agricultural statistics ... ... ... ... 3>5oo 



Horticultural education ... ... ... ... ... . . 8,000 



Expenses of State Botanical Garden .:. ... ... ... 5,oco 



Chemical and Bacteriological Institute. State analytical 



laboratories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,000 



Forestry and fishery expenses ... ... ... ... ' .. ■ 48,000 



Public health 76,000 



Roads, waterways, tramways and carriage of goods ... ... 162,000 



Live Stock Census in the Netherlands.— Until 1904 the annual agri- 

 cultural statistics of the Netherlands included statistics of live stock ; 

 but in that year it was decided that the annual returns of live stock 

 should be replaced by a periodical census, in order that the returns 

 might be made with greater accuracy than was the case in the annual 

 statistics. 



The first periodical census was taken between May 20th and June 

 30th, 1910. The results are given below, together with the average 

 of the five years, 1900-4, taken from the annual statistics : — 



Census. Average. 



1910. 1900-1904. Increase. 



Horses 327,377 298,351 29,026 



Cattle ... ... 2,026,943 1,661,903 365,040 



Sheep 889,036 698,604 190,432 



Goats ... 224,231 173-392 5°> 8 39 



Pigs 1,259,844 — — 



It should be borne in mind that the annual statistics gave the 

 numbers of live stock in December, while the census of 1910 refers to 

 June. This difference has but small importance in the case of horses, 

 but in the case of cattle, it has been calculated that the number existing 

 in June generally exceeds the number in December by about 106,000. 



The poor supply of forage in 1909, however, was the cause of the 

 exportation or slaughtering of 133,000 more animals than in 1908. As 

 a certain compensation is brought about by these figures, it may be 

 considered that the census of 1910, despite the difference in the date of 

 collection of the data, gives a fairly exact idea of the increase which 

 took place in the number of cattle. 



The number of sheep is much larger in June than in December, 

 as the lambing season is in March and April, and a large number of 

 lambs and sheep are sold for slaughtering in autumn. In the report 

 which accompanies the census returns of 19 10 it is stated that, despite 

 the considerable increase shown in the number of sheep, it is probable 

 that the diminution which has been evident in previous returns has 



